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It's a fake Wreath Cent not Chain.
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I only buy counterfeit coins from sellers who place their coins on the floor, inbetween their dirty fingers, on used bath towels, and on their bed sheets...
Edited by Drsandman2
10/15/2014 11:57 pm
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I reported it, too ... Sadly, I filed more than a dozen "reports" on another fake seller before he/she got taken down. I'm wondering if this ebay reporting system has been relegated to a "numbers game?" In other words, the ebay geniuses may need to see a certain number of reports before thay'll take one seriously? |
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Fake? But it's so shiny!!
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I added a question to the seller and included the real coin/fake(his). Hope it helps the buyers think twice about the coin.
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There are some electrotype fakes that are quite old and valuable, this is NOT one of them. A decent electrotype copy would sell for around $400+ on a coin such as this.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Good point, Westcoin. It seems that I rarely see those early electros on ebay. |
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Quote: Can someone confirm that the US did not use a collar until the Seated coinage? No they used collars before that. The Half Cents, large cents, half dollars, and dollar coins used an open collar that was only used for centering the coin between the dies until 1836 when the close collar was introduced. The reeded edge coins used a somewhat close collar that didn't truly confine the coin and raise a rim like the close collars, but did confine it enough to impart the reeding on the edge of the coin. The mint bagan experimenting making the collar closer and closer during the 1820's finally going with the full close collar on the small diameter bust dimes in 1829. (While the bust dimes are listed as large diameter and small diameter, the diameter actually gradually reduced during the 1820's.) In 1836 the close collar was introduced to all coins. The Seated coins began the following year. |
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I just got a Red Book and I was wrong about the collars. Thanks for the explanation Conder, I'll look up those early collars, sounds interesting. |
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