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Valued Member
United States
65 Posts |
So someone posted this for sale in my area, and I'm considering it, but wanted everyone's opinions on if real or fake. I have never dealt with a Trade dollar, so don't know what to look for. Here are the sellers pictures. Also, if you can give a grade with the quality of photos if real would be appreciated. Thanks everyone.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think it is real and very attractive. The coin has a type 1 obverse and reverse. That is a valid combo for 1875 Trade dollars. The coin's features look sharply struck and have beautiful detail. I would grade it AU50 details cleaned. It looks like the coin was scrubbed by a brush when it was cleaned leaving circular hairlines evident in the obverse. Nice coin with an always attractive CC mintmark. See CCF member nss-52's detection guide below. http://www.ebay.com/gds/Coin-Fake-D...03602/g.htmlWhen you examine the coin in person bring a scale to check that it weighs about 27.22 grams and a small magnet to ensure that it doesn't stick just in case, but I think this one is likely real if it is actually the one pictured. 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.comEdited by numismatic student
01/16/2018 5:42 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
65 Posts |
Ok. I thought so too, as I have bought some coins from this guy before and all been real, but none of this value. So wanted some other opinions.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
AU, details, harshly cleaned. Genuine.
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Valued Member
United States
65 Posts |
How bad does that cleaning effect the value of a coin like this? I'm a little out of my realm here. Just want to make sure I get a good price
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1788 Posts |
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How bad does that cleaning effect the value of a coin like this? I'm a little out of my realm here. Just want to make sure I get a good price Check ebay sold listings or Heritage for an accurate price. Graded 'AU Details' examples seem to be going from $400-500 average. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
I'm thinking xf harshly cleaned. I would be a little more careful b/c of the CC mint.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7631 Posts |
Too bad about the cleaning. Still easily worth 250 - 300 $!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Genuine, would like to see it without flashback to judge whether it's been cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8715 Posts |
Legit, most likely cleaned. Better pics would help.
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