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Valued Member
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What do ya think? $156.00 Buy-It-Now   |
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Pillar of the Community
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2843 Posts |
I love being the first to comment,
Please don't touch the coin with your bare hands.
They may be clean, but the oils from your hands can ruin a coin.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
Run away, the coin is a fake. Besides the cartoonish features the date position is wrong. There is no near date obverse die for this issue.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7390 Posts |
 If this is on ebay post a link asap so bobby can do his thing |
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Valued Member
United States
246 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7613 Posts |
Chinese counterfeit that has been harshly cleaned to remove the fake toning around the devices. Run Forrest, run!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3343 Posts |
If this one sells I'll bet there are more.
I don't know how touching a thing like this could possibly damage it. It might damage the toucher though. Zika, plague, mad cow, stuff like that.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
VERY counterfeit looking. This is a $2000 coin in AU condition so the $150 price tag alone is a huge red flag.
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Valued Member
 United States
108 Posts |
Totally agree. Check out the mint mark. Can't find it on e-bay. Removed already I reckon.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
I'm glad Daniel Carr is not Chinese - amazing how the moonlight mint can crank out absolutely perfect fantasy pieces while the Chinese continue to crank out garbage like this coin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7390 Posts |
Dan Carr's are overstrikes using actual coins as planchets struck on a decommissioned US mint coin press and he creates his designs with fantasy dates while taking much care to not create something that can be altered to imitate a genuine coin design. It's not amazing at all. His work and the Chinese scum don't even.occupy the same universe
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05/10/2016 1:07 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Welcome, Grumpy - hope this has been helpful.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3210 Posts |
Run away very quick not even a decent fake. Agree the BIN cheap price was a major flag
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Valued Member
United States
108 Posts |
It's horrible that we have to deal with things like this. But you know, I got ripped off a lot in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, by dealers, some still in business, and a few collectors too, who sold over-graded and "cleaned" coins, under that "we use Photograde, but......know what you are buying" proviso. Still have a few of those "gems" around here somewhere! I realize we can't be bumbling idiots, but having the "radar" on at all times is not fun either.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As Fenton says when you see a coin on ebay that is worth $2000 being sold for $150 you know something is wrong. You might do that deal at a yard sale or estate sale but not on ebay or any decent auction. There is always someone in the crowd who knows true value of coins. |
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United States
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It's fake. Look at the O in OF America, on the reverse, and compare it to this fake 1879, which I got burned on... https://goccf.com/t/260306 |
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