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1916 SLQ real?

scooter25scooter25 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭✭
edited August 16, 2023 9:29AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Relative of mine is looking at buying this coin . I told him I don’t think it looks real, something seems off about it but I don’t know what. Let me know what you guys think please!!! TIA!



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  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,862 ✭✭✭✭✭

    When I see fakes like this it makes me very nervous for the future of this hobby in general.

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  • AllentramAllentram Posts: 106 ✭✭✭

    Yup, something looks way off.

  • PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 4,046 ✭✭✭✭✭

    no bueno

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  • nwcoastnwcoast Posts: 2,880 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As others have already said, fake.

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,527 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fake SLQ….

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,996 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It’s a counterfeit and a poor one at that. Run!

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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,923 ✭✭✭✭✭

    WAY fake. Tell your relative to pass, and buy a certified one.

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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,040 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No run

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  • IkesTIkesT Posts: 3,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    FYI, body parts in coin sales photos are usually a bad sign. ;)

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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ...and a bad one too.

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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ...and a bad one too.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,260 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That copy is not even close. It looks like one those things you get for playing skeeball except that it is smaller.

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  • mark_dakmark_dak Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Polished" is the least of this one's problems.

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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,228 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @scooter25 said:
    something seems off about it

    Everything looks off about it. That's a horrible fake. To be very blunt, your relative has no business buying anything expensive and commonly faked if this kind of coin is considered.

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  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I might pay 50 cents for it.

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  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,558 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very, very, fake.
    Here's a random AU50 from coinfacts

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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,993 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It doesn't look like a 90% silver US coin to me.

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  • burfle23burfle23 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Is he waiting to hear back from you before he decides to buy it?

  • CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those “boxy” wing feathers were the first thing to raise the eyebrow… and then I saw the obverse image…

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 35,130 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bad fake.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,366 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very crude fake. Unless you're an expert authenticator and an expert grader, don't buy expensive raw coins especially key date coins.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,594 ✭✭✭✭✭

    bogus

  • telephoto1telephoto1 Posts: 4,934 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not genuine, not silver, and not US made.


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  • kazkaz Posts: 9,209 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Truly horrible fake!

  • skier07skier07 Posts: 4,062 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Run Forest run.

    You might want to suggest to “Relative” that they only buy “expensive” coins graded by a TPG.

  • 124Spider124Spider Posts: 966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @airplanenut said:

    Everything looks off about it. That's a horrible fake. To be very blunt, your relative has no business buying anything expensive and commonly faked if this kind of coin is considered.

    I'm not expert about any series, despite having spent a lot of energy getting educated. I cannot imagine considering such a coin--Why would anyone not a true expert consider spending thousands of dollars on a non-certified key-date coin (especially a grody one like this)?

    Absent a private transaction between experts who know and trust each other, I see no reason for a seller of such a coin not to have had that coin certified (other than the fact that the seller has something to hide, of course). If this coin were certified by a reputable TPG, it would sell for far more in a sale to the public than as a raw coin. For obvious reasons.

  • jfriedm56jfriedm56 Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Could that “1916 SLQ” look more fake to even the uneducated coin person? There are so many references available today to inform and teach people. Just pick a picture of a certified real 1916 and the differences will become abundantly obvious. Steer clear of that cast fake.

  • LazybonesLazybones Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 18, 2023 6:31AM

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