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1847 Half Dime...fake?

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http://cgi.ebay.com/1847-SEATED-LIB...em4cf5128b84

Shield looks off to me. At the very least, heavily whizzed.
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I'm with you SC, that coin just does not look right. The devices are all wrong IMO. Look at her head.
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It looks similar to the 1846 contemporary counterfeit shown in a thread on another collector forum...
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Do you think it's silver? Looks like it.
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Yeah, I think so too. I also see this hasn't been taken down yet. For shame...
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