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Valued Member
United States
261 Posts |
A local coin shop has this in there main case. As a curiosity I took some pics of it to post here for your expertise. What do you all think about this one?   |
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Moderator
 United States
16679 Posts |
There is definitely something I don't like about it.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Valued Member
United States
83 Posts |
color looks off, cleaned maybe?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
Is it graded? There is something that just does not look right about it to me.
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Moderator
United States
16679 Posts |
If it's not certified by one of the big 3, run!
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
Looks cleaned for sure. I'm also finding the design a bit off around the eye.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1554 Posts |
The main diagnostics for determining a real 1893-S are wrong. It is fake.
Edited by 1893S
04/19/2014 8:29 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
648 Posts |
Denticals obverse.  e |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4883 Posts |
I'm seeing the same sort of things, location of the "1" in the date is not quite right relative to the denticles, and the whole date lacks the correct upward slant. I'd scrutinize the mintmark, I'll bet it's been added, and the coin cleaned up to make it less obvious.
Colligo ergo sum
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Valued Member
United States
231 Posts |
Looking at a picture of a real one from NGC and I see that the front line of the neck coming down points directly to the third denticle left of the 1. On this one it points to the second denticle, not to mention that the point of the neck is really rounded on this one, more so than any other Morgan I've seen. The neck line points to the second denticle in the 1893-P.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2373 Posts |
Fake, look at the field gouge across the arrow heads. nlp
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
There is only one obverse die for this issue and this "coin" is not a match. The date position is off by one full denticle. Inform the dealer that he is trying to sell a fake.
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Pillar of the Community
Korea, Republic Of
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The date is very suspicious. Looks fake.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1874 Posts |
The first thing I thought was it was fake..
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Posted 04/19/2014 7:50 pm
