Fake/Counterfeit 3CS? Just Too Perfect... #2 Of 4

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BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 07/18/2017 6:37 pm Four extremely rare -raw- 3cs have hit ebay in the last couple days. Two from our friends GSC and two from another seller. They are just too perfect not to set off my radar, but I wanted other opinions... #2 1865 proof http://www.ebay.com/itm/1865-Three-...292185750927 -----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

Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 07/18/2017 6:48 pm Stars don't look right either, too pointed? Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 07/18/2017 7:03 pm You get two kinds of stars on proofs. Ones that are blobby (left) and ones that have full definition (right). Section is from PCGS' CoinFacts photos. With only 500 proofs, could be just one die pair (Flynn and Zack indicate 4 Obverse and 2 reverse dies were used to strike 8,000 business strikes). -----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 07/18/2017 9:02 pm One thing I have noticed about these photos from GSC is that they are heavily desaturated, i.e. the colors have been stripped leaving only black and white and grayscale. This is commonly done to hide unattractive toning, or, with contrast manipulation, to artificially enhance the prooflike/cameo effect. 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
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