What say you? Fake 1866 and 1908-S cents on ebay?
tincup
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Sure don't look right to me. Contacted the person several days ago about my concerns, even referred him to PCGS website to compare coin features, and this forum. But they still remain. Normally I do not intervene in any ebay auctions, but would sure hate to see someone pay the price on these... or maybe they are fine and it is my imagination. what say you?
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If those are fake, they’re very good. I would have been fooled.
Why do you think they’re fake? They seem fine to my eyes.
Type collector, mainly into Seated. -formerly Ownerofawheatiehorde. Good BST transactions with: mirabela, OKCC, MICHAELDIXON, Gerard
Thanks, appreciate the input, could just be me. What bothers me on the 1866 is the deeply furrowed curl located directly below the ear, and on the reverse very odd bold leaf details directly to the left of the C in CENTS. On the 1908-S; what makes me wonder is the top left laurel wreath, Very choppy, appears to be misshaped leaves, and odd leaves in other spots. Oh well, could be the holidays scrambling my mind....
They look OK to me, too, at least from these photos.
The mushy denticles are typical for the 1866 cent and the area around the mm and surfaces on the 1908 look OK. The "S" should have serifs, so I'd like to have a closer look at the mm to confirm.
Genuine albeit with issues.
peacockcoins
the 1908-S looks like it has some corrosion, which affects details
And this is why ebay doesn't, and shouldn't, just automatically pull listings.
As far as I know no one contacted ebay. I sure haven't. Just had my own concerns and asked here, and got my question answered. No harm, no foul.