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Hi, I found this in my parent's coins and I am wondering if it is real or a fake. They are not around for me to ask where it came from.   Edited by mson
12/01/2024 3:41 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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 Unfortunately not real. 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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To CCF! I agree. It's fake. Errers and Varietys.
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 to the CCF! |
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Just another numerous fake out there. Sorry for the loss of your parents!
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I have seen better Fakes on Temu
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to the Community! |
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to the CCF |
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Everyone - What are the qualities that make you believe this is fake?
I see a potentially genuine but heavily damaged example. Can you take a photo of the edge? The lettering and design on the edge is usually poorly done or missed entirely on fakes, so that would be a big hint regarding authenticity.
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What are the qualities that make you believe this is fake?
Position of the top berries on the reverse of a 7x6 star obverse coin? Or were there different dies in 1799? I obviously don't know.... OP coin with top berries coming off of the stem in a straight line:  Compered to a genuine example: berries reaching up coming off of the stem:  Edited by Marv65
12/02/2024 8:40 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm with @jacrispies. I checked PCGS site and the first I looked at (BB-169) has straight berries. There are many dies for 1799.
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Position of the top berries on the reverse of a 7x6 star obverse coin? Or were there different dies in 1799? I obviously don't know.... If you "obviously" don't know, why did you offer a conclusive answer of fake? There is over a dozen die varieties. If you use a specific device placement for comparison, be sure to state what variety you are choosing. We need to be more careful before we give advice for someone to trash a $1,000 coin. Seen this many times on this forum. Inexperience paired with confidence leads to terrible advice. If you don't know, you don't know. If you know, state why you know. Especially when a lot of money is on the line. I am speaking to everybody. And I need to be more thorough with my responses as well, so I am preaching to myself. Many counterfeits are made with dies or molds created from a genuine coin, so confirming the match of a die variety does not confirm authenticity. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Everyone - What are the qualities that make you believe this is fake? Quote:
If you "obviously" don't know, why did you offer a conclusive answer of fake? Well you asked and I told you why I thought it was fake. Now I know, thanks for the information. I didn't see anybody else telling why they thought it was fake. |
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I'll be more careful next time before assuming, if it's genuine.  Errers and Varietys.
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12/03/2024 4:40 pm
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So is it fake or genuine? I'm now confused.
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Posted 12/01/2024 6:39 pm
