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Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/07/2010 3:14 pm I'd say fake. The mintmark looks too far right to be die 3, the date size and shape isn't right, the unusual sunkenness of the temple area and the shape of the cheekbone area is wrong compared to the 1909 hub, and the hair detail doesn't appear to match the 1909 hub. Don't know if the pictures will work but I'll try. Also note the nose is more pointed on the ebay coin compared to the rounded nose on the genuine coin, and the curve of the back edge of the shoulder is different. They used an hub of Lincoln from a different decade to make the fake die. (Lincolns portrait has been touched up several times over the years. A specialist could look at this bust and tell you what time period it was used. I can't do that, but I can see that it is different from the original bust.) Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 01/07/2010 4:46 pm I'm no Lincoln expert either, but everything about this coin screams fake to me. We don't even need to focus on tiny diagnostics. Put your thumb over the date on the ebay coin--what decade of the obverse does that most resemble? I'd say the 1970s. Speaking of the date, the digits--particularly the 9 is completely wrong. They are squished horizontally, the inside loops almost connect, and the lower tails are wrong. Compare to the photo below of a similar fake. It appears they fixed that obvious blunder with the 1. Quote: I'm no coin expert but...yada, yada, yada. The lamest, most over-used excuse ever. You make the claim, you do the legwork to verify your item--simple as that. Sorry for the rant, but this stuff really is beyond belief. I reported this--if that helps. Edited by DVCollector 01/07/2010 4:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Podoprigora Pillar of the Community United States 588 Posts	Posted 01/07/2010 11:03 pm Well I guess this picture leaves no further questions Report this Post to the Staff
Saruma Pillar of the Community United States 968 Posts	Posted 01/08/2010 12:14 am I was going to give the seller the benefit of the doubt that maybe he really didn't know it was fake, but when I looked at another one of his auctions it made me think he is misleading on purpose. Or at the very least he is being willfully ignorant about the coin and doesn't want to learn it is a fake. The auction below is for a replica of a gold coin (1838 Eagle). Notice that while he says it is a replica and it is gold plated, he then goes on to make a big deal about the price of gold and how you should buy this as an investment. Fortunately with a final price of $10.50 no one was fooled. But if he is willing to try and convince people that buying $2 worth of gold plating is an "investment" then I wouldn't trust him on anything else. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...280443432376 Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 01/08/2010 12:48 am If I'm going to buy keys raw, it won't be on ebay that's for sure. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
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