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Matth1980 New Member Colombia 2 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 4:30 pm Hello all, I bought this coin in Colombia but with the date 1878 and the edge I think its a fake... What do you think? Thanks lot Matthieu Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 188213 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 4:43 pm Yes, it is fake. Compare with a legitimate example below. https://www.coincommunity.com/us_dollars/trade.asp Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21604 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 4:46 pm Just going to say the same thing. Compare the obverse and reverse, they are not even the same design. Edited by JimmyD 08/30/2021 5:08 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 5:29 pm I believe this is a copy of a pattern Trade dollar. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Matth1980 New Member Colombia 2 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 6:25 pm Ok, thanks lot for your answer. But in 1973 the design what the same that this one in wikipedia, what do you think? Or wikipedia picture is a fake to? https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc...e_Dollar.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
BigSilver Pillar of the Community United States 2843 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 7:11 pm Quote: Ok, thanks lot for your answer. But in 1973 the design what the same that this one in wikipedia, what do you think? Or wikipedia picture is a fake to? The design your coin supposes to be is a pattern design. That is a design that was proposed to be used, but never adopted. To the best of my knowledge there was no such pattern made in 1878. It was made in other years but not 1878. An 1878 Trade dollar would have to be the normal design which has a different design as pictured above by JBuck (although somewhat similar) Either way your coin is a clear fake even if the design were technically correct, the execution is so poor that it is 100% fake. Edited by BigSilver 08/30/2021 7:13 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 08/30/2021 7:14 pm BigSilver summarizes it well. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 08/31/2021 09:50 am Yes it is a fake of a pattern coin and as Bigsilver mentioned the pattern was not dated 1878. The obv design was used on patterns with several dates but from what I can see that reverse only comes on patterns dated 1873. Report this Post to the Staff
suipakpaikungfu Pillar of the Community United States 992 Posts	Posted 08/31/2021 4:12 pm What BigSilver said... Report this Post to the Staff
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