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rec78rec78 Posts: 5,804 ✭✭✭✭✭

Did Anyone here buy this coin?


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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,745 ✭✭✭✭✭

    These are all fakes, been a lot of these coming in lately. I had to run back down to the shop and meet a lady a few sat back after I had closed. When I first got there, I was like wow, worth the drive back down, better date halves. bust halves, seated dollar, was getting a bit excited, then realized "these are all fakes, and darn good ones" for a quick glance.

    In fact, I would bet that most of the pawn shops and other places might would buy these thinking they were good.

    In fact the following week, same lady took them to one of the other gold buying shops and got em. The owner knowing I know coins brought them over to sell to me, after informing him and determining it was the same lady, he was mad.

  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,804 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good enough to fool the novice collector also. The 4 is what tipped me off. It might fool anyone who has never seen an 1824 quarter before. They are not common.

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OMG! LOL!

  • Panda4456Panda4456 Posts: 362 ✭✭✭

    Fake fake fakarooooo

  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭

    FAKE

  • CoinlearnerCoinlearner Posts: 2,498 ✭✭✭✭

    Looked good for a second until the date was clearly a fake at any distance :) ...A real one.

  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,371 ✭✭✭✭✭

    RFR.

    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

    "“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)

    "I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,548 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those would fool most collectors and many dealers. When did they first start appearing on the market?

    All glory is fleeting.
  • kazkaz Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The seller's sold listings all have the same charcoal look, and the Conn half, 16 quarter and 21 walker look bad to me.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The date shows many differences.... Someone got taken.... Cheers, RickO

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,957 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bogus and how sad

  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,853 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jdimmick said:
    These are all fakes, been a lot of these coming in lately. I had to run back down to the shop and meet a lady a few sat back after I had closed. When I first got there, I was like wow, worth the drive back down, better date halves. bust halves, seated dollar, was getting a bit excited, then realized "these are all fakes, and darn good ones" for a quick glance.

    In fact, I would bet that most of the pawn shops and other places might would buy these thinking they were good.

    In fact the following week, same lady took them to one of the other gold buying shops and got em. The owner knowing I know coins brought them over to sell to me, after informing him and determining it was the same lady, he was mad.

    Since you have had them in had can you tell us the composition? Brass, Copper, Silver?

    Thanks,
    bob :)

    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 3,053 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @kaz said:
    The seller's sold listings all have the same charcoal look, and the Conn half, 16 quarter and 21 walker look bad to me.

    The "charcoal look" is a red flag these days, but deceptive, as genuine coins can have this look, too. Ya gotta look for other indications, like the date, etc.

    Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
  • fathomfathom Posts: 1,823 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They are getting better on the circ look.

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