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texasmick Pillar of the Community United States 751 Posts	Posted 09/10/2006 11:44 pm I'm not experienced enough in the ways of coin doctoring to know what's wrong with this coin. Polishing? Whizzing? Thanks in advance. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...MEWA:IT&rd=1 Edited by texasmick 09/10/2006 11:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff

gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 09/11/2006 12:16 am Not a counterfeit? My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
toast Pillar of the Community Australia 1091 Posts	Posted 09/11/2006 02:34 am "NO RETURNS" If it's a genuine coin, why would you say that? I wouldn't bid under those conditions. Report this Post to the Staff
Snooba Pillar of the Community Australia 1360 Posts	Posted 09/11/2006 02:49 am Click on the link below: http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/neg...=Received+by It looks as though he has over-graded coins & described them poorly before. In my opinion, this is one to steer clear of due to "No Returns" and his feedback. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 09/11/2006 12:12 pm Judging by the rough surfaces, it might be a metal detector find that was harshly cleaned to remove ground debris. Of course, that would knock it right out of XF-AU condition Report this Post to the Staff
The_Cave_Troll Valued Member United States 218 Posts	Posted 09/11/2006 8:51 pm quote: Originally posted by biokemist6 Judging by the rough surfaces, it might be a metal detector find that was harshly cleaned to remove ground debris. Of course, that would knock it right out of XF-AU condition I agree it looks like it has been damaged by acid, either in the ground or since being dug up or else it was found on a beach and had been damaged by seawater and sand. Either way, it is NOT XF/AU Report this Post to the Staff
swamperbob Pillar of the Community United States 5362 Posts	Posted 09/12/2006 5:08 pm texasmick - the coin is certainly overgraded at the very best. The fields on a seated liberty half die are well executed and smooth. But I think that gxseries got it exactly right. That one looks like a counterfeit to me. There is possibly an "extra" line near the rim that follows the edge of the coin. Looks like a transfer mold that shrunk and they had to add a little to the diameter to make up for the shrinkage. The pictures are so poor it is hard to tell. But a cast transfer process would account for the awful surfaces. It could also mean that the seller is essentially "correct" when he says it is XF-AU. If it was recently made with these rough features in place the coin itself is actually Uncirculated (as cast). Anyone believe MS69? Report this Post to the Staff
grouse12 Valued Member New Zealand 227 Posts	Posted 09/12/2006 5:40 pm I agree with swamperbob and gxseries it looks like a fake. One of the things that worries me is I have an example of this coin that is a lot more worn than this and yet you can still see the entire outline of the ribbon on the reverse. Where has the ribbon gone from under the e in UNITED Report this Post to the Staff
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