Is this right?

Sumo

I'm still green but this looks weird to me.
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theboz11

Kind of hard to tell with only the obverse showing, wear seems uniform for an XF and the stars are right and sharp. I would say it is ok.

kranky

Raw gold + ebay + zero feedback seller = pass.

theboz11

Everybody starts with a zero feedback, the coin is not a killer and he is not asking an big price, probably something picked up at a pawn shop, coin dealer or just one he has had for awhile. Of course, everyone is careful on a deal like this. The color is typical for a scanned gold coin.

Higashiyama

It looks like a poor quality fake to me. The stars are caricatures. Look at the way the metal blobs up at the end of the feathers. Weird.

nwcs

<< <i>Raw gold + ebay + zero feedback seller = pass. >>

This is a foolproof formula!

theboz11

That is a very safe formula, but can lead to missing a pretty good deal. I have handled dozens of 1911's looking for weak "D"'s. The only fake 1911-p's that I have seen have a pit between the "L" and "I" and one below the "R" along with small deformation along the adams apple and a pimple right under the chin. On this one there is no pits on this coin and the detail is not sufficient to see the others.