1893 S Morgan dollar... Real or Fake !!!
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BIN listing just ended... Up for only a few minutes.
Can't tell based on the crappy pics. I think it looks like a fake to me. Opinions ??? Thanks !!!
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It’s unquestionably a counterfeit. Link, please?
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Here's the EBay item number... 353841893687
Fake. Reported.
Here's the link
https://www.ebay.com/itm/353841893687?hash=item52629ed137:g:T38AAOSwTtFh1EJB&nma=true&si=LCedTHXYAQVenhflGzRwObhPByk%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Item was a relist of this one with the same pictures that sold for $300
https://www.ebay.com/itm/353841292458?hash=item526295a4aa:g:T38AAOSwTtFh1EJB&nma=true&si=LCedTHXYAQVenhflGzRwObhPByk%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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Thanks and reported.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Fake as the day is long.
The thing that amazes me is that after all this time fakes like this still sell for significant amounts in online sales venues.
With a BIN of $1200 or best offer, someone unfortunate, decided it was too good to be true to snatch it up within a minute after it was listed. LOL !!!
Even with those fuzzy photos, you can see that the 1 isn't centered on a dentil.
THAT is good and useful "tell". If only I can remember it...
Reported as well.
Something is telling me the seller ordered 5 or 6 of these and more will be listed soon.
He's now on my watched list!
There are other die characteristics that can be used to authenticate the 1893-S dollar. Go to the PCGS Coin Facts web site where they show pics of these diagnostic features. One that I use is a diagonal die polish line inside the T in LIBERTY at the juncture of the upright and the cross bar of the T.
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In the fairly unlikely event I ever buy this king of coins, it will CERTAINLY be in a slab. Now, how to avoid the fake slabs!
Or in this case, you can look at the entire obverse and reverse and see that the detail and texture don’t really resemble that seen on genuine Morgan dollars.😉
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Well that guy’s fingernails are certainly more original than the coin’s surfaces
Nope, just no. Thanks for the heads up, I'll look for his listings.
I think that is what might have happened.
A VERY expensive lesson.
Pete
Genuine date area.
The listing was removed...
Maybe somebody playing the odds; buy it real quick, and on the off chance it is real, you have a bargain. If it is fake, you return it through eBay policy. Stupid game. 😠
The easiest Morgan to authenticate, as only 100k were struck using just one obverse die. If it date doesn't look like the image below it's no good period, no debate, no argument.
Even without the detail points, it was visually identifiable as a fake.... Just looked phony. Cheers, RickO
As soon as I opened the thread I knew, even from an arms length away.