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Valued Member
United States
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Hey guys, just bought this. Thoughts? Grade? Ordered this and waiting for it to come in.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think you will need to weigh this one and maybe put it on a sigma if one is available nearby. The reason why it looks fake to me is that certain details in the coin's obverse look AU but the ' Trade dollar' at bottom of the reverse looks mushy. I'm going to say that this looks like a counterfeit coin. 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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Valued Member
 United States
222 Posts |
It may very well be to be honest. Didnt spend much on it. Person selling it was unsure about it. Took a cheap shot in the dark.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I'm going to say that this looks like a counterfeit coin. I concur. Overall the details are too weak for an authentic Trade dollar. It screams "Chinese fake" to me. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5672 Posts |
Looks like a cast counterfeit.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1660 Posts |
If they haven't shipped it, cancel the order.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36780 Posts |
Counterfeit, easy to tell without close examination.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
74380 Posts |
You should try to get your money back. You should only buy these certified by a TPG, as many of them that are being sold raw are counterfeit. Never buy these uncertified. Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18673 Posts |
an XF trade should not look like this  . counterfeit be careful who your are ordering from. never buy a Trade dollar raw unless you know how to assess them or post here first for assessment. these are highly counterfeited. hopefully you can return it. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10547 Posts |
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Didnt spend much on it. Person selling it was unsure about it. Took a cheap shot in the dark. How much is "not much"? It may be worth keeping as a counterfeit/fake example. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2281 Posts |
Terrible fake.
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Valued Member
United States
222 Posts |
Only paid 8 bucks. In my mind I was like, "If it is a fake, I am only out 8 dollars". So why not lol.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Only paid 8 bucks. LOL! Well there's your answer right there if it was fake or not! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2179 Posts |
As long as people keep buying this junk, they will keep creating more fakes... No, it's not "lol"; you have just purchased trash...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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No, it's not "lol"; you have just purchased trash Although there are some people that collect counterfeit/fake coin examples. For 8$ then that would be a good buy. One man's trash is another mans...........well you know how that goes. |
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Posted 12/28/2025 12:16 pm
