1783 Unity States Cent ... Real? - Coin Community Forum

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GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 08/29/2014 6:33 pm Have a chance to pick up a couple coins .. if they are real But just can't decide. I feel that they have a old cleaning/polish. Made three attempts at getting pictures. The ones I am getting make the coins look much worse than they are. I think I might need a new camera. or .. they are fake The coins do look better in hand. 1783 Washington / Unity States Report this Post to the Staff

SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 08/29/2014 6:55 pm Tough call for this non-expert. It has the right obverse and reverse features for the original token, but I wouldn't pick up subtle differences. I lean towards authentic, if only because it's an odd one to counterfeit, and it looks like it spent some time in a dirt nap before being dug and cleaned up. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 08/29/2014 7:00 pm Right off the bat, I don't like it. The face detail and reverse wreath (ONE CENT) diagnostically don't add up. It does have the pitting and darkness of a ground find but accelerated corrosion methods and Dellers could do that. Weight? swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 08/29/2014 7:08 pm weighs 7.6 grams 27.7 MM Edited by GR58 08/29/2014 7:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 08/29/2014 7:58 pm Looks ok to me. The corrosion is fairly rough though. Report this Post to the Staff
ExoGuy Pillar of the Community United States 4416 Posts	Posted 08/29/2014 8:09 pm I'm with Vermontensium on this one. The weight seems very light, and the surfaces suggest it may have been cast. There are numerous copies of colonial pieces that date back into the 1960's, and this could well be one. Report this Post to the Staff
sjh241 Valued Member United States 386 Posts	Posted 08/29/2014 10:14 pm I spent some time around old coppers (large cents) and I don't like at all the combination of color, pitting and relatively good detail of the obverse bust and reverse wreath. It looks like an attempt to age a counterfeit. Report this Post to the Staff
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