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1948 Dollar Real Or Fake Hoping It Real

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 Posted 06/25/2022  3:40 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Sammeli to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Bought 2 pounds of silver unseen for spot. Now wondering if this 48 is real and grade if it is. Thanks in advance
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 Posted 06/25/2022  4:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DBM to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Appears to be acceptable.
Don't see any of the markers for Chinese fakes.
AU55
Did you weigh it?
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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 Posted 06/25/2022  4:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sammeli to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes . It's correct weight 23.28
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 Posted 06/25/2022  5:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AU-55 (or even 58) sounds right, scratches around date detract a bit.
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 Posted 06/25/2022  5:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ijn1944 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm at AU55--nice acquisition.
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 Posted 06/25/2022  6:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wrekkdd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I can't say anything about authenticity, the lighting makes the surfaces look a little weird to my eye but I'm not seeing anything immediately off. If you got that for spot price in a random bulk lot then that's kinda the same odds as winning a lottery lol, lucky.
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 Posted 06/25/2022  6:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tripoli to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice find if it's real. It's been harshly cleaned or polished though.
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 Posted 06/28/2022  1:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AU-55 details, cleaned.
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 Posted 06/28/2022  7:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sammeli to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I personally don't think this coin was cleaned at all. When I got it , it was thrown in with all the rest of the coins not protected at all , so maybe rubbing with other coins probably makes it liked cleaned . I'll try to get better photos
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 Posted 06/28/2022  7:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add realeswatcher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks genuine. Rim has taken a bit of a beating, also...

Trying to interpret the pics (which aren't great for assessment), it does look like perhaps it "could" be cleaned. However, prooflike coins that get somewhat circulated can have that look.
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I hope these are better pictures
If cleaned or cleaned harshly still super happy with this find.
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 Posted 06/29/2022  10:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JimmyD to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Much better pictures.
Too bad someone attempted to clean it, it looks like it could have been in MS condition.
Still a nice pickup and still fairly valuable even cleaned.
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 Posted 06/29/2022  11:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wrekkdd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If for spot even cleaned like that I'd imagine you have made 25× or more what you paid for spot, more wouldn't surprise me though.
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 Posted 06/30/2022  4:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add john100 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Last photos for sure shows cleaning and the rim has a few dings but still a 48 dollar just depends on the price
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 Posted 06/30/2022  8:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add purelywasted to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You did well, ~$18 for a $1500-$2000 coin at recent auction prices. Congrats.
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 Posted 06/30/2022  8:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sadly cleaned, but you did well.
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