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Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 07/09/2008 8:14 pm The reason they put the wrong date is because they don't know themselves or don't care to do the research and they know that there still will be buyers for it. They even have our quarters which were minted from 1932-1998 and they're as big as dollars and have dates like 1900. Report this Post to the Staff
david chivers New Member United Kingdom 5 Posts	Posted 07/09/2008 8:27 pm Thankyou for your interest. However he did opinionate without having seen the photographs initially. Report this Post to the Staff
Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 07/09/2008 8:29 pm If so, my bad then. Didn't now that. But chances are that if it was bought overseas then 99% it's fake. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 07/09/2008 9:01 pm Quote: The reason they put the wrong date is because they don't know themselves or don't care to do the research and they know that there still will be buyers for it. This. If we seem to be overreacting to your posting, please understand that unknowing coin collectors are being duped by these "coins" every single day. It's not that they don't know enough about coins (although they don't), it's that they don't understand the rampant fraud in certain areas of numismatics, especially ebay. As a result, we regularly have the uncomfortable duty of telling someone that they've just thrown away a substantial sum of money on a worthless coin from a counterfeiter. We regularly nuke trolls of that type, attempting to establish themselves on Coin Community. The membership never sees most of them, but every once in a while one manages to actually post here. Given the situation, many knowledgeable numismatists are rather vociferously anti-counterfeit, an attitude which I understand without sharing. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 07/09/2008 9:56 pm Quote: However he did opinionate without having seen the photographs initially. I was not stating opinion, I was stating fact. Mintage of Trade dollars started in 1873, two years after the date of your coin. Carson City(CC) only minted Trade dollars from 1873 to 1878. As you can see, regardless of whether your coin was from 1871 or 1881, it simply cannot exist because neither were ever produced by the US Mint- that is how I know it is a fake without a picture. If the coin you pictured had a legitimate date and mint mark, I still would have known it was fake because of design discrepancies. Report this Post to the Staff
SeatedNut Pillar of the Community United States 2797 Posts	Posted 07/10/2008 08:06 am David, Welcome to the forum. As many have already stated, the coin is not genuine. I have one exactly like yours that I picked up in a shop in Bahrain ... just over the causeway from Dahran. It was made by casting with pot metal ... no silver at all and most of these come right out of the mold looking like yours. Interesting conversation pieces, but it won't fund your retirement. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 07/12/2008 7:12 pm The date will tell you it's a fake. Those Chinese counterfeits will convince many a novice collector. That is really sad. I hate to see that. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
1954siel Valued Member United States 77 Posts	Posted 07/13/2008 08:35 am WOW. Those pictures make you wonder. Report this Post to the Staff
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