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New Member
United States
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I am humbled by my inability to trust images of graded coins that clearly display a counterfeit trait. My education continues with another "holy grail" coin from the inherited collection. What I see is a feeble attempt at the 6 in the date. Agreed? I am sure there is more   |
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Moderator
 United States
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@old, I agree with you that the last digit in the date looks wonky. I wonder if it was originally minted in 1858 and then someone with nefarious intent got ahold of it.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
The 6 looks way too large. Nan you give us a close-up of the date?
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New Member
 United States
17 Posts |
I can try for a date closeup.  |
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New Member
United States
17 Posts |
The five has issues as well.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
No question fake, thanks for the close-up.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21586 Posts |
I think the coin itself is genuine but someone has worked the last digit to make it look like a 6.
You can see the marks around the 6
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
 The 6 is ridiculously faked .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
The entire coin looks pretty bad to me. I call counterfeit entirely.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I lean toward an altered genuine coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1173 Posts |
The 6 looks altered to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5079 Posts |
This coin is 100% a Chinese manufactured fake.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
I agree with altered date.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5079 Posts |
Again, this coin is 100% a Chinese manufactured fake. Go to where you can purchase these, and you will see specific obvious markers.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
Agreed Chinese fake. I've seen several of these with that oversized 6. They have been around for some time.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Posted 03/05/2022 1:17 pm
