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1855-O Seated Half Dollar, Real Or Fake?

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What do you think, is it real or fake? Look at ALL pictures but read the description AFTER you decide!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1855-O-Sea....m2518.l4276
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06/06/2020 4:14 pm
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 Posted 06/06/2020  4:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Numis-Northerner to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Obverse strike looks sus, sellers sounds high.
seems risky.
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06/06/2020 4:33 pm
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fake as the day is long........
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Cartoon coin, seller on drugs.
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The biggest indicator being the stars. They are thicker and diamond shaped on an original. There's a sucker born everyday, that money for a seller with zero feedback?
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That reverse is atrocious. Everything about that eagle is wrong, neck feathers are a joke!
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Standard comment by me.
For that price it should be slabbed.
Oh, and the seller has (0) feedback.
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my coin for comparison

1855-O-Seated-Half-Dollar,-Real-Or-Fake?

1855-O-Seated-Half-Dollar,-Real-Or-Fake?
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Orientalia. Bring on the bidding war!

The conditions for a return seem pretty extreme.
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Quote:
Everything about that eagle is wrong, neck feathers are a joke!


They match examples on the no-no site that cost $5 or less.
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Seller got very belligerent and profane when informed that it's a $2.50 counterfeit. As expected, I guess. FYI.
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Lots of tells here, but to me the best is the shape of the tops of the 5s in the date. Muddler's example illustrates this very well.
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I had a very nice e-mail exchange with him, and he could not have been more polite.
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