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Valued Member
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I am new to this forum so please be patient while I learn my way around... I have a question regarding an 1847 large cent I picked up as part of a larger bulk purchase of random US coins.... Knowing nothing at all about large cents I see something that just does not look "right"... the font of the "7" in the date appears to not match what I am seeing on other internet searched coins from this same date. The inside leg of the seven appears to turn and go almost straight up just before joining the underside of the horizontal arm of the seven on my coin ... others appear to follow a more or less straight line to form a sharp angle. If this is something anyone recognizes as a variety or as a fake please let me know... If we need pictures uploaded I will try to figure that one out.. Thanks in advance for any advice/ assistance. |
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Pillar of the Community
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yes- a picture is needed.
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Pillar of the Community
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It doesn't look bad to me, but I think a picture of the whole coin (both sides) would be helpful.
Are you aware of small and large date varieties? That would explain why your coin would look different than others that you have seen.
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I am not familiar at all with copper... I did not want to waste my time researching this if it is an obvious fake... But as it goes with my other coins.... it appears I will be drug into a new area there just seems to be little available quick access info on these as compared to say Morgan or Peace dollars.... The books on cent varieties are high dollar investments.... I'll see about getting some full Obv. and Rev. images up... thanks |
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Rest in Peace
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 We appreciate the close ups, but full obverse and reverse would be necessary to determine authenticity. |
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Both full obverse and reverse pictures are needed to check if it's legit or not.
From your close up photo, however, I see nothing wrong. But we still need those obv. and rev. pics.
Edit: After looking at full photos, I don't believe this is authentic...something is "off" about it.
Edited by SilverDollar2017
01/29/2018 2:32 pm
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I had really large file sizes I used the picture optimizer tool to down size them significantly... please let me know if there are other images needed to make a determination... Thanks all for your assistance..
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Edited by dave700x
01/29/2018 2:28 pm
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Valued Member
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I just remembered.. I have a jewelers scale... should I weigh it or do fakes generally meet the weight requirements?
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Valued Member
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wow.. that is a significant DIFFERENCE ON THE BASE OF THE 4 !
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after the assistance here and seeing the huge difference in the font of the date numerals I have to agree... Fake... I really thought is was... Just wanted to be sure it was not some super rare variety!
Thanks all.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Interesting thread. Thanks for sharing this!  to the CCF! |
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to the Community! |
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I did not want to waste my time researching this if it is an obvious fake Actually, research isn't a waste of time. Learning about the fakes will help you spot the real thing. |
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Posted 01/29/2018 1:05 pm
