1803/2 Gold $5 on eBay
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No 👎 (it looks repaired to me as well)
The surfaces look all wrong the date (along with the lettering in general) is funky/looks to be a thinner font. I'll say not real, and it's also been holed/plugged.
Gut feeling is probably genuine, obviously plugged, butt ugly jewelry remnant.
That's because you copied the trackers. The only eBay link you need is the edited version above
I'm not sure. However the surfaces and the thinner letters are due to etching. It's been harshly cleaned, possibly stripped with acid.
Repaired isn't the same as fake
Reported as uncertified over the allowed listing price. We'll see what happens.
He listed it as ANACS certified, that’s how he got around the raw high listing price eBay restriction.
The seller notes also explicitly say "uncertified".
Genuine or not, does anyone remember when stuff like this could not have gotten close to a $6,000 price tag? I guess I’m old and behind the times, but if I can’t do better than this, I’d rather have a hole in my collection.
He may have been saying "no" to the coin in general and not answering OP's "Anyone believe it’s real?" question.
Looks like the acid they used came from the monsters in the Alien movies
I messaged the seller that the coin appeared to be plugged at 12:00 on the obverse but that wasn't mentioned in the description and to please advise. He replied with a thank you and said he'd updated the description, which he did.
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The $6000 is just an ask price, so we don't know that the coin would have gotten close to that amount.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Who cares? At $6,000, we are so far apart that there is no place to negotiate. I just successfully countered a price that was strong, but at least within reason. That thing, if it’s genuine, might be worth half the price, but never to me.
It reminds me of a 1797 half half dollar with AG sharpness that was holed and polished at $8,500 over 20 years ago. There is no place to start a discussion.
Definitely not.
[See if you can guess what question in answering. 😁]
The listing now says cleaned and plugged. The verifier shows the fineness to be .917 which is correct. Looks like a genuine but harshly cleaned and repaired ex-jewelry coin. Any idea what this is worth? Certainly, a lot less than $6000.
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I think the coin is genuine, but it’s been mutilated by all things unholy. I’d be surprised if someone is willing to pay half of that, I could imagine a sale around 2k ish.
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Might make a good ball marker.
It may be genuine, but looks like it’s been thoroughly fried from some type of acid-treatment, at a minimum. Here’s a real example for reference…
It’s pretty obviously ex:jewelry and plugged, which means it’s very likely authentic. Who would have the patience to subject a counterfeit to that much abuse? But in this state, I wouldn’t know how to authenticate it beyond doubt.
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