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New Member
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Can someone please help me with this Barber quarter. There are many mini DOTS. In obverse it is in the cheek. In reverse it is everywhere. What is it and also what would you grade this coin?    Edited by carlanga
02/11/2015 10:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those dots are usually from environmental damage like sitting on the ground for a while. Its a nice coin I'd say au.
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New Member
 United States
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Would it get graded or would it say DETAILS on it if sent to NGC or PCGS?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Your coin doesn't *look* counterfeit, so I'd guess the bumps are from rusted dies. I could becwrong, so just wait for some other opinions.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those zits cannot be caused by rust. Only by a casting process. Furthermore the denticles on the reverse are completely wrong (in fact the reverse seems very wrong).
The verdict: This coin cannot be genuine. It is a counterfeit.
But darn is it pretty. :-)
Edited by SteveCaruso
02/11/2015 11:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
709 Posts |
I agree with it being counterfeit (a pretty good one). The rims and denticles are not shaped right.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If that's a cast it's the best one I've ever seen. I defer to Steve's judgement though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
952 Posts |
i like it......and agreed, if it is counterfeit it is a darn good one.
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United States
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 The reverse looks all wrong, the eagles head is what first stood out to me. Nice pictures though... |
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What you're seeing is precisely what a rusted die strike looks like. Something involved in the creation of that coin was rusted. I don't think that thing, or this coin, originated at the US Mint. Doubt they'd allow a die to get this rusted.
Counterfeit, or subject to an odd environmental process.
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Doubt they'd allow a die to get this rusted. I beg to differ.  |
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OK, they usually didn't let dies get that rusted.  |
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