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Hello, I have a friend who has these coins that she held onto for awhile until now. I dont know much about coins so I came here for assistance. Pics of the coins: Front:  Back:  I really appreciate any help from this forum. Thank you so much! -Danda |
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Moderator
 United States
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The coins appear to be in nice condition. I like the Trade dollar  Sorry I can't help with value. Edited by Fuzzy317
06/08/2011 03:43 am
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 United States
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A few are not genuine as far as I can tell. That makes me want to question all of them but there are a few that look spot on. Any way of rescanning a few at a time then cropping them using our cool new Image Optimizer would be great. |
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
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 to CC forum  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The only two that have a chance of being genuine are the Ellis Island Commemorative (suspicious mushy strike) and the 1923 Peace dollar. All the rest are counterfeits. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that Ellis island dollar is fake, too. its a sand cast fake, I recognize it form one of coops pictures.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sorry to say but every single one of them is a modern fake with no silver content. The 1923 Peace dollar looks fairly close to the real thing at first glance but the date is wrong, particularly the 3. On a genuine coin, the loops of the 3 are tight enough to make it almost look like an 8. Even if the wrong 3 was not so obvious, I would still doubt the coin as genuine since it is depicted with eight other obvious fakes. Edited by biokemist6
06/08/2011 11:37 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I hate to agree here but I have to, every coin in this lot looks fake to me. Some are close to the correct design and others are not even close. I hate to say this also but I think your friend may have told you a story about how long they have had these because most of these has probably be made within the last few years
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United States
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Those coins are way too nice looking to be true.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I am thinking the exact opposite- the quality is too poor for them to look like genuine coins. Weak, indistinct details on an otherwise MS coin is one of the surest signs of a counterfeit coin. Of course, obvious design differences/impossibilities are a big clue as well  |
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Posted 06/08/2011 03:48 am
