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New Member
Canada
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 Hi,I picked this up as a filler piece for $5 bucks,I got looking at the originals and now I'm like everybody here at one time or another has done thinking it has a shot at being the real deal,what do you guys think ? Lots of patina on it,I just don't know,it's not here it's in the mail,I need it as a filler anyway but now I thinking it's got a chance,really close to some pictures of the real ones,help please.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3463 Posts |
It is a replica. I am guessing the chances of this coin being genuine are about the same as getting a genuine 1793 chain cent in change at the supermarket today.
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New Member
 Canada
16 Posts |
That's what I figured,it's just going in my blank 1793 spot in the album anyhow,thank you.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Definitely a replica!  to the CCF! |
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Moderator
 United States
16679 Posts |
Agree. Devices are laughable.
Welcome to the CCF!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11951 Posts |
fake .....
But will look better than a empty hole
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Pillar of the Community
United States
968 Posts |
The price alone should tell you it has to be a replica. The only way to get a real one for that would be an estate sale by a family that made no effort whatsoever to see what the coin was worth, and even that is unlikely since non-numismatists usually think any old coin is worth a fortune. Even a PO-1 coin is worth a couple thousand dollars
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4416 Posts |
Not a bad price for a replica Chain Cent ... hole filler. Quote:
The price alone should tell you it has to be a replica. This doesn't always hold true ... A few years ago, I bought a 1793 Wreath Cent in a jewelry store. After looking at a Gray Sheet, the seller charged me $30. I thought it to be genuine, but it had ED, with evenly distributed micro-porosity. I later confirmed it was an S-11a. It looked better in-hand ... Here are pics:   Edited by ExoGuy
08/20/2016 9:51 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3463 Posts |
The seller sells replica coins, that's what he does. He has other replicas for sale because that's what he does, he sells replicas.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's a replica of a Sheldon 2. Te hair ends aren't right and the chain links are too heavy, and the openings when the links come together aren't right. In some places it looks like there is pretty much no opening in them in places that should have large clear openings. There is no way this is anything but a replica.
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Posted 08/20/2016 4:13 pm
