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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I could be wrong, but I think this one is fake. The date looks off, and the porosity of the surfaces is a red flag to me.
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Pillar of the Community
7234 Posts |
Yes, that coin sure has strange looking surfaces. See if it weighs 26.73 grams.
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Valued Member
 United States
362 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If it's genuine it has been tampered with. Xf details
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Valued Member
United States
362 Posts |
I got this one two from same place $10 for both of them.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
121 Posts |
Did they use a soldering iron to put those 8's on the second coin? I doubt either one are genuine.
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Valued Member
United States
70 Posts |
Did you test with a magnet ?
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Valued Member
United States
362 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18689 Posts |
both of these are in rough shape and definitely have been tampered with. XF details on both
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think these are both fake. Dates and mintmarks look completely wrong, among other things.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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United States
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They certainly look suspicious, check the thickness.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
The '88-O is certainly a counterfeit. The reverse is a C4 design (note the wing-neck gap on the eagles' left wing) that did not come into use until 1900. I doubt very much that the 79-O is authentic either. As already mentioned, check the thickness. These cast counterfeits are usually produced thick to achieve proper weight when using a metal alloy that has a lower specific gravity than .900 silver.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The '88-O is an arms length counterfeit, it's not even close. The '79-O is a better counterfeit that might fool someone who didn't look too hard. I guess you're only out $10?
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