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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I knew I had to snag it...  I personally grade it at an AU-58, but what say others? Too bad this wasn't the famed blundered date, then yowza, it would have been incredible...   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The mushy denticles and other mushiness make me wonder if it is a copy. Color doesn't look right. Let's see what others think. Appears to have some doubling on the CENT on the reverse, I don't know if that's good or bad.
Edited by jimbucks
04/24/2021 11:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2003 Posts |
Looks like a fake to me too. No way the coin could have that much detail on the high points of the devices and mushy, grainy, and incomplete denticles on the protected part of the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
599 Posts |
Looks genuine to me.
Watch your top knot
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
5394 Posts |
Needs to be certified .
This looks suspiciously similar
to a Counterfeit 1851 I got nailed
Within the UK about 30 years ago .
Send it in !
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2954 Posts |
Interesting thoughts so far, I will have to look at all the known die states to see what Newcomb number it should get. I wonder if some of this weakness was caused by grease on the denticals and stars? If it is a fake, then it is a really good copy...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Put me in the genuine camp, but I would send the coin back to the seller for a refund. See below an 1851 NGC MS62 example with the same stars and denticles strike. OP Example  NGC Genuine   Edited by Slider23
04/25/2021 4:50 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3156 Posts |
coin does have some of the markers for N-24. Lump in correct place on N in cent on reverse. Also has some of the faint lines on the neck and hair buns on obverse. Also a faint crack at star 8. Denticles do look a bit suspicious though.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Really guys? Fake? Denticles can look like that on large cents, just like Seated dimes and Half Dimes. It's real, either AU58 or MS63 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3156 Posts |
Even though the denticles look a bit odd I lean towards real also. Looks uncirculated on most of the coin but the stars being almost all flat also is odd for an uncirculated coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU details. something if off with the color. looks recolored line airbrushed. strange
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2954 Posts |
I myself am strongly leaning towards genuine, and I payed less than 50 bucks for it . To slider23s point, I want to actually get this authenticated by a TPG (real or not), since this is my highest grade now currently in my large cents collection. I knew that it had mushy denticles, but that looked like an incomplete strike to me. It to me has a subdued luster, but being 170 years old, it could have had episodes where the copper toned strangely. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks genuine to me as well, although surface originality/ color look suspect. AU58, likely Details.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say genuine and AU-58.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1361 Posts |
I'm with grape on this one...at least au58, but I'm leaning toward ms.
Get it slabbed.
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