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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Be sure the 1856 seated liberty is real
Fake 1856 seated liberty's going around online
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Pillar of the Community
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520 Posts |
bought it from a top seller so it seems like it, how can I check it?
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United States
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By weight, I dont have a book on me but others will chime in on what the weight should be. You shouldn't really buy anything your not familiar with or any older coins that are not slabbed unless there just bullion
Edited by bryan1234
12/30/2010 01:01 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I mean this doesn't look fake, the seller had 100% feedback and was a top ebay seller. |
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Pillar of the Community
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the correct weight should be around 13.36 grams
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Pillar of the Community
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You cant always go by feed back.
The reason I asked was becuase the coin was in a 2x2 instead of being in a graded in a slab.
The coin does not show the proper toning if any toning at all that a 150yr old silver coin should show IMO could have been cleaned.
I could be way off , but curious what did you pay for that SdLQ?
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Pillar of the Community
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I payed 41$ for it and it had quite a few bids on it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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bids don't matter ether
If the seller has say 5 diff account names he uses the accounts or freinds to bid on the coin. Up to just shy of the reserve with the auto bidding hoping someone else will jump in and break the reserve and buy the coin.
while all the other bidders were never gonna break the reserve or buy the coin anyways.
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Pillar of the Community
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ya well hopefully I didnt buy a fluke, and I dont have a scale to weight it either. I figured it was a trustworthy buy.
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Pillar of the Community
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I agree it my have been as least dipped, but very nice buy. I think you should have someone
(trusted dealer or the like) look at the seated just for your piece of mind. I didn't check for a mint mark but 1856
is a common date (for a seated) so your probably OK. The guys here are just looking out for your best interest,
cause they've seen it all, not rain on your party.
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Pillar of the Community
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I gotta start proof reading my posts.
How about "may have been dipped"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The pictures are not the best & I'm not an expert on the series but I'm not seeing anything that would make me believe it's fake. It appears to be too "bright" which would lead me to believe it has been cleaned or dipped. There have been a couple of comments about the coin being suspect because it's not in a slab. IMO even if this coin had original surfaces in this condition it would not justify the cost of slabbing.
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Pillar of the Community
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I hope we don't get to the point where every unslabbed coin is suspect...most people don't slab common coins as adding $30 to a $41 coin is not really smart. Even slabbed, then you would have to question if the slab is real. Best thing is to learn about your interests,weigh, measure,and look...you can send it back if you know what to look for. Nice coins and a light cleaning isn't the end of the world, especially if you like it.
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If I need weighing, I just go to my coin dealer.
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Posted 12/30/2010 12:31 am
