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Valued Member
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What do you think is the grade for this one?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say EF details (cleaned) if genuine.
Edited by Coinfrog
06/27/2022 8:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Just like the Columbian Expo half you posted, this coin has a remarkable amount of detail in the hair and other areas despite being obviously worn with no luster. Without an accurate weight, I'm not convinced of authenticity.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Hard to find these without some sort of cleaning.
Most of those folks who didn't know much about coin collecting in the first 40 years after they were issued
thought they were special (which is true), and thought they should be improved if they should be kept shiny, and so they were cleaned.
Which is a pity, as far as the modern collector is concerned.
Although a lot of the value is lost, I will still be perfectly happy to have an example (albeit cleaned), in my collection.
At least, I should be able to buy it at a lower price.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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EF45, the reverse fore arm is almost flat as well as on various obverse features. The downside, it was cleaned. Still a pleasing specimen for an album.
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some nice details on that coin. But definitely cleaned - and not very well at that.
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In another recent thread about "how to detect fake coins", the answer I gave is "experience". If you handle and closely examine lots of genuine coins, and fakes as well, a fake will just set off all kinds of alarm bells in your head as soon as you see it, most of the time without you even consciously realising why.
I've got a whole fleet of fire trucks cruising around behind my eyeballs right now. Sorry, this one's a fake.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Looks like Sap is right;
It does have a rather 'pasty' appearance of a diecast fake.
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Valued Member
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A few more photos   |
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Valued Member
Israel
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Just sold it for 400 euros.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The " Market " for These , is Out There Too.....
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Just sold it for 400 euros. Congratulations!  |
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In my judgement this coin is not authentic. If you sold it for 400 euros someone purchased an expensive fake.
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Valued Member
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I've bought it from a dealer that had sold over 30k coins with 100% positive score, so I believe it was authentic.
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