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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Recent purchase. Your thoughts on its authenticity?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8516 Posts |
Sure looks good to me. Looks to have been played with a bit or wiped across the face to get those hairlines.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Valued Member
United States
53 Posts |
Agreed - looks authentic - though might be cleaned.
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Valued Member
United States
291 Posts |
The abundance of horizontal hairlines on the obverse makes me think it was cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8516 Posts |
Could the hairlines be die polishing marks maybe ?
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
Looks real. I don't think the hairlines are a result of die-polishing rather some sort of post-mint cleaning.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
Before I looked at the responses, I thought the date on the coin looked funny..too narrow and something about the 9 didn't look right..  But.. if some of the expert Indian head members thinks it's O.K. ..I agree.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4897 Posts |
If fake they did an excellent job getting the weakness and wear in the right places. Cleaned and retoned (Dellars) maybe?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2757 Posts |
if the weight wasn't off, I wouldn't suspect anything.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1211 Posts |
Why would an 1893 IH be fake?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8516 Posts |
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Why would an 1893 IH be fake? You can buy fakes in a matter of seconds. I just looked at a bunch of fake 1893's to see. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Valued Member
United States
308 Posts |
It looks authentic to me  . |
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Valued Member
United States
66 Posts |
Looks nice to me. I compared the 9 to several from the 1890s on ebay, they all look similar. The bottom of the 9 turns all the way back up. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I thought the date on the coin looked funny..too narrow and something about the 9 didn't look right.. Yeah...something about the date looks different than other 1893s...particularly the 8. It may be a trick of the light or an earlier die state. The 8 and 9 digits tend to close up on the inside and 'balloon' on the outside as the die wears. Edited by DVCollector
04/24/2014 03:09 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
Looks just fine.  MS63BN |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1536 Posts |
I agree why fake an 1893? It is common. I have a fake 1876, full liberty and some diamonds I think. Didn't pay much but got my money back through buyer protection. Paid for the other coins that came with it though.
Edited by buddy16cat
04/25/2014 02:32 am
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Posted 04/23/2014 5:23 pm
