Selling a fake 1846 dollar as genuine!

Veridicus

This is one of the chinese fakes. I must admit I get a certain satisfaction destroying scammers on ebay. Go get 'em boys!Link

nwcs

Get a rope!

Russ

Anybody else notice that an unusually high percentage of these con artists are Power Screwers?

Russ, NCNE

ryanrc

How can you tell it's fake?

EVillageProwler

How can you tell it's fake?

I don't have a genuine coin near me with which to compare (and I'm too lazy to go get one), but it looks "off" to me. On the obv, the portion of the rock behind Miss Lib seems weird. And, the date seems sloppy.

On the rev, most of the lettering seems weird to me, like the serifs are inordinately pronounced.

EVP

Veridicus

<< <i>How can you tell it's fake? >>



All the fake seated dollars that have come out of China recently, regardless of the date, were made from dies created from a host coin that has a deep scratch on the upper left of the shield. All the fakes show this plainly. Many auctions are up which are identified as counterfeits. Take a look at those and you will see what I mean, then look at this dollar. Same diagnostic mark.

tradedollarnut

How can you tell it's a fake?

It's a raw coin on ebay, isn't it?

I check the trade dollar listings on ebay several times a day. It's gotten to the point where I recognize the fakes from the "3 day auction" and all caps headers.

lordmarcovan

WHAT, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLE WHO SHOUT SELL FAKE COINS? HUH?

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legacycoin

<< <i>Unknown Year 1846 American Silver Coin >>



And a private auction, too...... wouldn't touch that one at all.....

Veridicus

Final price $202.50 for a $1.99 coin. Sad.

clw54

The date looks like it was etched into the die by an unsteady hand. Still better writing than mine, but that's not saying much.