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Canada
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It's not certified and the seller is holding it on the coin face. Looks like there's a major rim ding at 8 o'clock and a smaller one at 10 o'clock, some rust in front of the neck too, as far as I know they didn't circulate and whoever held it should hold it more carefully if it's real. Only heads side was posted, and the seller said to contact by phone only if you are serious about buying.  This can't be the real thing, right? Stole the pic from kaskus.co.id, should I just paste the link here? Edit: I'll try again... can everyone see it now?  Edited by Altaira
07/21/2014 12:10 pm
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United States
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United States
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 United States
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Slim and none, and Slim left town.
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Australia
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Goloid dollars are just one among the many super-rare US coins being faked in China. They turn up in street markets from Beijing to San Fransisco and everywhere in between, where you can buy them for a couple dollars each. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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United States
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I'm going with FAKE. It would graded / authenticated by TPG if it was real. |
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United States
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If it were real, it'd be a steal (depending on the price he's asking). However, there are just some coins that **need** to be graded and slabbed if you were to buy them (inheriting one from your great-grandparents...well, you can decide for yourself at that point what you want to do), but buying slabbed uber-rare coins is just smart. Protects you, the buyer, and gives massively increased liquidity to the item should you ever need to sell.
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United States
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However, there are now fake coins in fake slabs. So one needs to buy from a reliable source.
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 Canada
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He didn't put a price for his individual coins, so I don't know if it's sold in a lot or individually. He mentioned to contact him by phone "for serious buyer only", no other details were given. Sounds a bit shady. This is the page I got the pic from, it's in Indonesian: http://www.kaskus.co.id/thread/50d2...sangat-baik/He doesn't even treat most of his other coins well. |
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United States
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Slim and none, and Slim left town.  Hard to tell definitively from the photos, but it really looks suspect. |
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Korea, Republic Of
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Fake for sure.
I believe I have seen another some time ago on CCF.
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Posted 07/21/2014 11:30 am
