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New Member
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 I have a 1798 s U.S. Trade dollar.....That looks just like the one on e-bay except that one is a 1798 cc U.S. Trade dollar....besides the fact that mine has a (s) and the seller has a (cc) on it how come I cant find this coin anywhere else....This is the 1st time I have seen a coin like mine......
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by Vaslin
08/06/2007 1:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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New Member
 United States
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 So my next question is does a coin like this exist.... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They exist, just not produced by the US mint, Probably produced in the "recently" in China.
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New Member
United States
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So do I just tank my coin or should I still get it looked at.....You know just incase.....By the way what kind of camera are you guys using I tried to take shots of my coin and it always looked gold like. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
772 Posts |
Well if it looks like the one above, there is no possible way it is authentic.
But sometimes there are still made out of silver and may want to get it checked out for that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There's no reason to waste your time Ernesto.
Does it have the word 'copy' stamed onto the back somewhere in small letters?
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New Member
United States
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 I checked and it does not have the word "copy" on it anywhere...It looks just like the one that is shown but all mine has is the "s" in the middel of the 420 grains. & 900 fine. and the Trade dollar. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My guess is the one above that has copy stamped into it was done by a collector, who was not wanting any to get fooled down the road.
That would defeat the purpose for the makers to put copy on them because their intent is to fool the buyer and get more money.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Welcome to the forum Ernesto!
What you have is a "fantasy issue" fake, more than likely of Chinese origin. "Fantasy issue" means that it is a design of a genuine coin but with an impossible date/mintmark combination. Also, alot of Chinese fakes have been produced with real date/mintmark combos and those can be a bit trickier to distinguish. According to the Hobby Protection Act of 1973, any replica of a coin must have the word "COPY" prominently placed on the design of the coin for it to not be considered an illegal counterfeit.
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New Member
United States
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 I would like to thank all the members that help me with my coin....My father gave it to me about 5 months ago....He said he foun it in Mexico about 29 years ago so he say's....Him nor I collect coins but when he gave it to me I thought I would be cool to look up it's history....I never would of thought it would take me to CHINA.....ThankYou guy's so much.....any last words or bitt's of info.... |
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Pillar of the Community
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I guess take care, and this is quite a fun hobby. If you ever feel like collecting coins, be sure to stop back!
Jordan
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Don't take any wooden nickels!
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Posted 08/06/2007 12:43 pm
