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1870 Half Looks Fake?

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UncleVicky
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https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Canada-Vict...algo=REC.SEE
marks on neck and an albanian seller makes me wonder.
hopefully MM can offer an opinion.

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To me it looks like a badly made copy. I believe one of these was discussed on the forum in the last two weeks, but I can't find it.
Others will weigh in soon.
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We discussed this very same coin two weeks ago.
http://goccf.com/t/367330
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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It's definitely a fake copy from, probably, China.
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Chinese fake.
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whack.....
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