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Pillar of the Community
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Mintmark position is a good place to start. https://goccf.com/t/252833&whichpage=2 Coin 1 might be genuine, but coin 2 looks fake. Doing an overlay of the subject coin and the known genuine mintmark positions would be best. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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See if you can match up the mintmarks -  Edited by Marv65
10/24/2025 02:34 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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#2 coin.........   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Coin 1  Level, middle mintmark  |
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Coin 1 might be genuine, but coin 2 looks fake. I tend to agree. |
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I would have to agree with above, it appears that coin2 2 MM is too high to start with..
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Coin 2 needs to be compared with the second photo, not the third. The third photo has an odd angle. It looks kinda okay to me. The hits and corrosion make it look yucky, they also could be hiding some shenanigans.   |
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Still looks a little high to me. Plus, the D is not rotated counterclockwise as in the genuine example.
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Plus, the D is not rotated counterclockwise as in the genuine example. As I implied, I believe circulation hits and corrosion have affected the date and mint mark appearance. Then again, it may be "by design" to hide to fakery.  |
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Looks like the mintmark is still too high no matter which picture you look at.
EDIT: I'd say send it in but do you want to chance wasting all of the grading fees?
Edited by Marv65
10/24/2025 6:19 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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The verdigris around the MM and date on Coin 2 rings many alarm bells. Also, does it have the VDB on the shoulder, or remnants of it?
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EDIT: I'd say send it in but do you want to chance wasting all of the grading fees? If money is not an issue, it would be interesting to see the result. |
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Showed the coins to a pro, he said what most of u were saying. Number 1 looks genuine. He said number 2 is struck counterfeit.
Thanks for all your help
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Thank you for the update!  I was holding out some hope for #2, but I knew it was a longshot. |
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