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  So I aquired this as a gift... it appears to be very well worn and the liberty at the top is almost worn completely off...I am not expert and I am at the communitys mercy here as to wether the coin is legit or not... thank you all for your time..
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 looks like a one look counterfeit to me. I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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to the Community! |
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Actually looks possibly authentic to me. Detail is maybe Fine-12. The narrow rims with wire-like raised edges are common counterfeit indicators. The lettering, date, and devices however look much better than you see on the typical modern fake.
Perhaps the suspicious rims and obliterated Liberty are damage caused by a brutal mounting in a bezel. I'd measure the weight and confirm the coin is not attracted to a magnet. If it checks out it might be worth a submission to ANACS. A damaged but authentic 1799 dollar will still have decent value.
Is there a background story for this coin?
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Pillar of the Community
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Total Chinese fake; I wrote a Coin Week article on this "family" of fakes. Latest version removed from ebay today- see anything common on the reverse?   Edited by burfle23
09/15/2023 8:49 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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My thought is OP's coin is fake. My reason is that the stars in the obverse on the right hand side are punched too close to the rim. The stars touch the rim even when not elongated.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
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To CCF! Looks like a fake to me too. Errers and Varietys.
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Quote: Latest version removed from ebay today- see anything common on the reverse? The gouge in the 4th set of vertical lines in the Shield is identical on both pictured coins. |
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I see at least 11 marks on the reverse that are on both coins.
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I got a kick out of the "error" coins in your article.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good detective work, @kbbpll.
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Jack is the real detective.
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Weight is everything on these followed by PCGS or NGC cert.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Posted 09/15/2023 3:27 pm
