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1801 half dollar on eBay... or is it an altered 1807?

BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
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The second "1" in the date looks kinda funny

Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

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    goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    I happen to have a nice low grade 1807 half sitting here. I agree. Altered. Let me take/post a pic of mine.

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    PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    The eBay coin.
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's a genuine O-101:

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    the O-102 has a slightly more slender final "1", and has 5 berries and 12 arrows on the reverse.

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

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    PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    102 pic

    Whatever it is the mark looks far over the 0 to be from a 1807. Maybe the whole coins a fake.
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    EarlyHalfBoobuEarlyHalfBoobu Posts: 65
    It's no 1801, for sure. There is only one 1801 obverse, and you can see right away that the first star on the left is in the wrong place relative to the hair.

    The coin is an altered 1807 Overton 106.

    I informed the seller, let's see what happens...
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    XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    Lame alteration!

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