Fake Barber?

spyglassdesign · October 28, 2022 12:14PM

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225218646836

The 1900 just looks off to me?

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lermish · October 28, 2022 1:02PM

Did you have to turn the volume up because you couldn't hear whether it was real or not?

LanceNewmanOCC · October 28, 2022 1:14PM

i didn't give it A+ effort but looks good to me. i'm more astonished there are sellers that actually add multiple images/angles of raw coins. WOW

Stingray63 · October 28, 2022 1:31PM

At a glance it looked ok to me. What didn't look right?

spyglassdesign · October 28, 2022 1:31PM

@lermish said:
Did you have to turn the volume up because you couldn't hear whether it was real or not?

LOL on Android its power + sound down to take a screen shot

spyglassdesign · October 28, 2022 1:33PM

@Stingray63 said:
At a glance it looked ok to me. What didn't look right?

The zeroes in the date look too narrow? The authentic one gets wider as you follow the zero curve down and the top and bottom are narrower. The ebay one looks too consistent. Could be lighting but every picture looks that way.

Eldorado9 · October 28, 2022 6:12PM

Can't tell from the photo, but the second pic is def real.

LanceNewmanOCC · October 28, 2022 6:36PM

spyglassdesign · October 28, 2022 6:43PM

@Eldorado9 said:
Can't tell from the photo, but the second pic is def real.

The second is from coin facts

Flatwoods · October 28, 2022 7:27PM

I looked quick but it looks good at a glance.
If fake, it's a pretty good one.

LogPotato · October 28, 2022 8:08PM

Looks real to me.

rte592 · October 28, 2022 9:09PM

@spyglassdesign said:

@lermish said:
Did you have to turn the volume up because you couldn't hear whether it was real or not?

LOL on Android its power + sound down to take a screen shot

That's a pain in the as.
Scroll up and press the square on the bottom right of your screen.
It's easier.

spyglassdesign · October 28, 2022 9:49PM

@rte592 yeah I forget about that. Old habits die hard lol.

Project Numismatics · October 29, 2022 3:37AM

Coin looks fine to me.

ricko · October 29, 2022 4:09AM

The date position, relative to the dentils, differs between the two pictures. Cheers, RickO

spyglassdesign · October 29, 2022 8:30AM

@ricko said:
The date position, relative to the dentils, differs between the two pictures. Cheers, RickO

I knew something was off. In the ebay ad the 1 is centered exactly on a dentil but in the coin facts photos its not.

If it is a fake it's a very good one. The zeroes look a little off to me as well.

LanceNewmanOCC · October 29, 2022 9:14AM

@ricko said:
The date position, relative to the dentils, differs between the two pictures. Cheers, RickO

@spyglassdesign

this is true and for key dates that use very few dies, it is a major tell but for more common dates/mm, there can be idk, 10-15 dies or more per side and of course even more die combinations.

the attention to that level of detail is what we need here.

AUandAG · October 29, 2022 9:20AM

Dentils disconnected on reverse above UN would tell me to back off.

1 in date is also too skinny.
I'm on the not real side.
bob

LogPotato · October 29, 2022 11:02AM

@LanceNewmanOCC said:

@ricko said:
The date position, relative to the dentils, differs between the two pictures. Cheers, RickO

@spyglassdesign

this is true and for key dates that use very few dies, it is a major tell but for more common dates/mm, there can be idk, 10-15 dies or more per side and of course even more die combinations.

the attention to that level of detail is what we need here.

Exactly, just go through all the pictures on coinfacts and you will see there are multiple positions for the date for this date and mm. See below. If the coin from the ebay listing is fake, it's the best one I've ever seen.

dcarr · October 29, 2022 11:41AM

The coin in question appears to me to be genuine.

TomB · October 29, 2022 12:41PM

It's a genuine US mint product.

spyglassdesign · October 29, 2022 12:50PM

Good to know. Thanks for the feedback.

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