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Valued Member
United States
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Your thoughts on grade & problems. Thanks!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
My gut said something wasn't right regarding authenticity. It could be fine, but I'd pass.
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Valued Member
United States
406 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
536 Posts |
Mintmark looks right and the first feather has the expected lack of detail for the SF mint. Looks authentic to me and I'd say easily an AU-55 to 58.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36745 Posts |
I agree with the others, authenticity is questionable. Everything looks mushy.
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
I'll have to pass on this one, don't know enough about 09-S fakes .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3210 Posts |
For these pricey key dates always buy certified examples. Unless you are an expert on the series and know what to look out for via real/fake I'd save $ and buy a PCGS/NGC piece.
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Valued Member
United States
338 Posts |
The letters in Liberty look fuzzy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1346 Posts |
Interesting observations.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
The lack of line details and fuzzy look to the design elements would turn me away from this example.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
This may be a counterfeit (transfer die?) or possibly just environmental damage/corrosion.
Mushy, pitted look to the entire surface on both sides; reverse denticles are too long and too skinny,
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pics are not the sharpest, but from what I can see, the S MM lacks both the upper and lower tail serifs, which would definitely make it a fake.
Edited by Coinfrog
06/29/2017 4:45 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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