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1894 Morgan Authentic?

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Looking at buying this from a local guy. what are you opinions? thanks in advance


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 Posted 08/18/2011  8:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Las_Vegas_Larry to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That date is worth a little money.

The photo is poor it looks grainy and I don't like the date.

Need better photos for a good evaluation.

With that photo I would not buy.
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Agreed, an expensive date worth counterfeiting. Surfaces look granular and details are too blunt. It looks a bit like Seawater Effect corrosion but counterfeit seems most likely. I'd insist on a slabbed example (or a solid guarantee) on this date to ensure authenticity.
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It does look a little bit grainy and may have been cleaned. This would be a date that I would generally stick to slabbed examples. I would only buy it raw only if I were sure that I could authenticate it.
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This is a $1500+ coin if it were "original surfaces, as minted."

The photos are waaaaaay too small to form any concrete opinions. In them, the lettering looks too chunky and irregular. The date location *seems* a little too right for most, and a little too left for the one known "far date" variety. No opinion whatsoever can be rendered regarding surface originality.
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I talked to the guy and hopefully he will let me send it into pcgs first. That is best case scenerio
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Authentic, and at the right price, it's a worthy investment even if it's a Details coin. There are only so many to go around.
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