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Valued Member
United States
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Would this be worth submitting   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1021 Posts |
I would not submit, unfortunately it looks to have been cleaned.
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Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
I agree with it being a details coin. Best to remove coins from 2x2 holders before taking pics. Also make sure to flatten those staples. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1096 Posts |
Color is off. Definitely Cleaned.
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Valued Member
 United States
80 Posts |
Does it still have any value. I paid $15 on a whim
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I'll say EF details (cleaned). Definitely not worth submitting.,
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19223 Posts |
Yes, appears to be cleaned. I don't think you were fleeced for $15. Now if it had been $75, that's another story.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
Did everyone just miss it?
This is a counterfeit. Wrong date and design for this year.
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Moderator
United States
56855 Posts |
Not my area so I would not know if real or fake. John1 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3663 Posts |
All the wrong feels here. The date is way off (the "8" is really wrong for a large date). Didn't the large letter legend reverse start in 1843? The details on the portrait are really bad. It looks cast. EDIT: Looking back through the thread, I see @jacrispies beat me to it.  Edited by fortcollins
06/16/2022 7:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
Looks like a bad copy of the original design. The date is ridiculously oversized. Not sure if it's counterfeit or just some souvenir piece that was sold. Either way not seeing any numismatic value here.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18706 Posts |
there is no 1840 date that looks like that. counterfeit
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36862 Posts |
I agree, wrong head style. Chinese fake.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Wow, learned something here!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
When I looked at the the coin, my first thought a cleaned porous fake. It is strange how often your first impression is correct on fakes without doing any diagnostics or knowing exactly why the coin is fake.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Slider, I agree, first you get a gut feel something isn't right, then you look for signs of confirmation.
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Posted 06/16/2022 4:01 pm
