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Fake US Trade Dollar?

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 Posted 06/11/2019  2:06 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Spartan1986 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
This coin looks fake from what I can tell. Can someone confirm? Thanks!

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 Posted 06/11/2019  2:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GrapeCollects to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hmmm looks authentic to me, but I'm no expert on Trade dollars
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 Posted 06/11/2019  2:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Greasy Fingers to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
to CCF...what about/area of the coin looks fake to you?
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 Posted 06/11/2019  4:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spartan1986 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Some of the detail, i.e. detail in the hand, the "S" mark etc looks a little blurred together maybe?
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 Posted 06/11/2019  6:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westernsky to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Kinda looks genuine, but has some pitting and environmental damage.

Where did you obtain it?
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I bought a junk drawer lot on ebay a little while back and that was one of the items in it. Not sure if they didn't know what they had or of they knew it was fake, so didn't care it was in there.
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 Posted 06/11/2019  7:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Can you show us larger pics?



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I added a couple more pics if that helps at all.
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An accurate weight might immediately determine the matter,

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Yeah...what's the weight. Also let's see the edge.

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The fingers appear to have 4 fingers...the ribbon looks good ...and the arrowhead over the 2 looks good. I think it's good, but let's get the weight. Looks like a type 2 reverse which it should being after 1877.
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Here is one of edge if it helps at all.
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Looks fake to me. Very blunt details, weird color, overall pitted surfaces that could be a combination of casting voids and corrosion.
In addition to getting an accurate weight I'd check with a magnet.
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Take it to a dealer, and have it checked for ping tone and weight.
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Surfaces are a little odd, but I'm not getting any major red flags. If it passes weight ans isn't magnetic I'd say there is a pretty fair chance it is good.
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