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daviscfad Pillar of the Community United States 4541 Posts	Posted 03/18/2008 12:55 am I hope this is the right forum! I was wondering if anyone could tell me if they KNOW a real from a fake? I also have a conneticut 1787 cent Edited by daviscfad 03/18/2008 09:13 am Report this Post to the Staff

Jaobler Pillar of the Community United States 6381 Posts	Posted 03/18/2008 01:28 am Wow, Davis, those are great-looking coins. I don't know who on this forum is familiar with colonials. Authentication will probably be a job for an expert (i.e., a grading service). It might help to take new photos with the coins removed from the 2X2's. It will be easier to see fine detail without the plastic glare. For what it's worth, the Fugio cent looks pretty good to me. It appears well-struck and in high grade and will be worth quite a bit if it's real. A Fugio cent is one of those "I'll get one someday" coins on my list, but I've never owned one. Report this Post to the Staff
Jim1953 Pillar of the Community United States 2600 Posts	Posted 03/18/2008 08:44 am Fad, I know nothing about them so am of little help there. However, if they are genuine I would get them out of those old 2 x 2s. Some had PVCs in the plastic which could harm the coins and those rusted staples are not helping anything, either. On that note, I am wondering how much humidity is in your area. You might consider added some desiccant in your storage area. And those are beautiful. Keep us psted if you get them authenticated. Jim Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 03/18/2008 10:29 am The coins are real. And the fugio is fairly nice. I wish mine looked that good. The CT is so so, better pieces are available but so are much worse coins. I is still a coin to be proud of. Unfortunately I do not know enough to be able to attribute it by variety. There are over 350 varieties of CT coppers and a great many of them are R-5 or higher. Report this Post to the Staff
daviscfad Pillar of the Community United States 4541 Posts	Posted 03/18/2008 7:09 pm Anyone have the value? Report this Post to the Staff
halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 03/18/2008 7:56 pm quote: Anyone have the value? Best we can do is guess on the assumption they are genuine: The Fugio looks like a large letters variety ("WE ARE ONE") and I would give a pretty large value spread, $400-600. The Connecticut I would estimate $75-100. Values depend on finding willing buyers, so they could be more or less. Report this Post to the Staff
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