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Are These Counterfeits?

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 Posted 05/29/2014  1:50 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add shermae to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
The link below is a feedback page on ebay. When I clicked through the items, I developed the impression that at least some may be counterfeits. None of the coins is in my areas of expertise. Are the coins in these transactions counterfeit?

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...eftForOthers

These items are currently for sale from the same seller:
111366616270
111366591296
111366630704

Two of the three look "odd" to me. Thoughts?
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 Posted 05/29/2014  2:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Lucky Cuss to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well, he has not much of an ebay track record, but does provide his full name and ANA membership number. He's not selling all the same type of coin. I'm sort of inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.
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 Posted 05/29/2014  2:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add shermae to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I did notice that... good points.
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Nothing jumps out at me as being counterfeit. As Lucky Cuss mentioned, the seller has his full name and ANA number on his listings as well as a 14 day return policy. As far as the listings you linked, I think the coppers look ok and the 1855-O Half appears to have an old cleaning.
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and the 1855-O Half appears to have an old cleaning.


and it doesn't help that the photo is a bit fuzzy.
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The first 2 have issues as noted (cleaning for sure) - and the '51 large cent has some minor corrosion issues but they look real by my somewhat untrained eye :-)
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with everyone else: the coins appear authentic to me.

The 1855 O Seated Half has definitely been cleaned.
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They all appear real to me. Their prices, on the other hand, seem a bit too high, and the Half Cent and the half dollar are cleaned. I'm sure that, with some careful sleuthing, you will find better-quality coins for the same or lower price.
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