S mints on 1908 and 1909 IHC
timdog44
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Are the S mint marks on these two coins real or fake? I have been told that one of them has been faked.
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timdog44
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You can’t compare mm from different years. They can change from year to year and sometime 2 or 3 times in the same year. To determine if one is counterfeit, we need a complete clear photo of the obverse of each coin.
Greenstang - there are your photos. Now what?
Nice clear photos.
Which cent were you told was a counterfeit and did they state why they think that.
Both coins are well worn and a lot of the detail is missing.
I was told the 1909 was a counterfeit. They said the S was added.
Hard to tell from a photo if that is true or not but it would not be a counterfeit, it would be an altered coin if it was an added S. The actual coin itself is still genuine.
I guess the question still remains, is it a genuine 1909 S Indian Head Cent? It goes from being a $400 coin to a $20 coin.
And I get that it is not counterfeit but an altered coin. They told me counterfeit to impress on me that the value was not there.