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Counterfeit Capped Bust Half?

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I bought this coin a few years ago for my 7070, but have recently begun to suspect it as a fake. Any opinions?

Counterfeit-Capped-Bust-Half?

Counterfeit-Capped-Bust-Half?
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 Posted 05/17/2015  10:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Imthealphaomega to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It isn't a fake. I recently sold one a few weeks ago on ebay. 1836 and 1837 there was a change in the design on the obverse face and inscribing letters on the edges. Nothing looks fake to me. You bought a coin that was in the process of aesthetic changes. I would grade it VF30ish.
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 Posted 05/17/2015  10:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Connor to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I agree...it looks like a nice authentic bust half to me.
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 Posted 05/17/2015  10:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ploopy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks real to me.
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 Posted 05/17/2015  10:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pepactonius to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Just out of curiosity, which aspects of this coin make you doubt its authenticity?
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 Posted 05/17/2015  10:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ExoGuy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
IMHO ... Legit ... Reeded edge ... VF / Fine ... Pleasingly original look as so many have been scrubbed over the years ... Hard Times era ....
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 Posted 05/17/2015  10:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rynegold to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Good coin. Super Dave would like it as it's a "circulated cameo" for sure.
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 Posted 05/18/2015  12:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DoubleEagle20 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks real to me.
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 Posted 05/18/2015  12:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverStackerKid to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes that circulation cameo is beautiful.
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Thanks, everyone. As for pepactonius's question, I guess it was just the general appearance of the black cameo.
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That's a Purdy circulated piece of history you have there. Like the "circulated cameo" it has lol
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