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BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4593 Posts	Posted 12/20/2016 10:34 pm http://ebay.com/itm/232176474186 It just looks too good, so my brain is screaming modern Chinese fake. Anybody else? -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff

paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 12/20/2016 11:18 pm Item has been removed Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
WheatBack Pillar of the Community United States 2850 Posts	Posted 12/20/2016 11:19 pm Quote: Item has been removed Works for me. Report this Post to the Staff
coinlover1899 Pillar of the Community United States 3058 Posts	Posted 12/21/2016 12:25 am I get ebay home. Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4593 Posts	Posted 12/21/2016 03:39 am I must have messed up something in the link. It worked preview but not now... http://www.ebay.com/itm/232176474186 Better? -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
billjones Pillar of the Community United States 1499 Posts	Posted 12/21/2016 09:04 am Yes, too good to be true. The piece resembles the real thing, but it's off just enough to tell an experienced collector and dealer that it is a counterfeit. Here are a pictures of a Type III Silver Three Cent Piece. The date is different, but the artwork is the same. Mint State Proof Here is a photo so people can see it after ebay poofs it, which I hope they do. Edited by billjones 12/21/2016 10:02 am Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 12/21/2016 2:59 pm Not good, nor even really all that close. This would have been much easier to "pass" if it had a little "wear" on it, then to show it without so much as a single bit of blemish, mark, or tone. The extremely "flat" aspect of the strike would never be able to bring up the design details in this fashion. You smelled a dudu and it was a dudu. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 12/21/2016 4:47 pm Agree, not even close. Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4593 Posts	Posted 12/21/2016 6:30 pm I'm sitting here without my copy of Flynn&Zack where FAST WiFi is 2.53Mbps download, 0.40Mbps upload. Way easier to ask you than download PCGS coin facts. They actually got more of the details right than you give them credit for... the dropped 2nd S in STATES. And the corners of the stars at least point at the right letters. The angles of the star's outlines are slightly past 72 degrees causing a bowing effect, and the letters are off - I'm guessing they took an MS65 1861 as the host coin and tried to clean up the weaknesses by hand. The D in UNITED looks like a spray paint stencil. The reverse is worse - the diamond at 9 o'clock has the edge details but the orbs look flat. The leaves, berries and arrows are wrong. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
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