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AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Real or Not:

Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com

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  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,068 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Going with my gut ... something looks off, but I can't place it


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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,169 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What does it weigh? It could just be the images, but the surfaces look dull to me and the spots don't help either...

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  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 4,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 26, 2023 5:32PM

    Bad- The mm is wrong, and the placement of the mm is off.

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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,801 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Don't know the weight as I don't have it in hand and the owner does not have a scale to weigh it. Says it's not magnetic is all I can add.

    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • FloridafacelifterFloridafacelifter Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Doesn’t look right

  • HigashiyamaHigashiyama Posts: 2,198 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks mushy; even the bag marks don’t look right

    Higashiyama
  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,457 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 26, 2023 5:41PM

    I’m noticing some irregularities.

    Among them the stars on the obverse don’t look right.

    My senses tell me not genuine.

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  • mikee999mikee999 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 26, 2023 5:43PM

    un genuine at first glance having owned several high grade 79-CC including three in GSA Holders from a (a unique buying experience).

    looks like a made in China coin (Alibaba, Temu etc)

  • TrampTramp Posts: 704 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If pics are good representation then I'm going with fake. IMO the fields are just too smooth little chatter and then the crisp letter edging while considerable wear on eagle's breast and Liberty's hair. Along with the dullness that others have points out.

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  • mikee999mikee999 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭✭✭

    my 79-CC for comparison


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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,801 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Owner got the message.... thanks all.
    bob :)

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Higashiyama said:
    Looks mushy; even the bag marks don’t look right

    Good observation. On a real coin, the bag marks are usually shiny compared to the texture of the surrounding surfaces. When a fake coin is made by dies created using a real coin having bag marks, the bag marks on the counterfeit coin have a similar texture as the surrounding surfaces.

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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,040 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MM looks off
    Fake

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  • coastaljerseyguycoastaljerseyguy Posts: 1,437 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Unfortunately will probably fool a lot of new collectors. What I noticed is Liberty's cap looked very worn & mushy when the coin had AU details. Good info above related bagmarks.

  • HillbillyCollectorHillbillyCollector Posts: 640 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @Higashiyama said:
    Looks mushy; even the bag marks don’t look right

    Good observation. On a real coin, the bag marks are usually shiny compared to the texture of the surrounding surfaces. When a fake coin is made by dies created using a real coin having bag marks, the bag marks on the counterfeit coin have a similar texture as the surrounding surfaces.

    Excellent observation and I hadn’t given this a thought.
    Learned something today!👍

  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,801 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Seller ended the listing and took a hammer to it and tossed.
    bob :)

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