Is this real? Need advice

KurtHorn

Besides the fact that it looks like it's been dipped to within an inch of its life. I might be interested in the coin if its real. The last 1 in 1871 looks fishy to me. You knowledgeable folks out there who know about counterfeits please let me know what you think.

Oops, here's the link

Thanks, -Kurt-

jonesy

What ya talking about??

coinguy1

Kurt, it looks genuine, though probably polished.

jonesy

Got a ton of detail. I don't know.

Sequitur

Looks cleaned, but it's a horrible scan.

And I wouldn't put much faith in the seller's claim that this is an MS coin. Sure looks like there's some wear on this puppy to me.

ziggy29

Real? Almost certainly. Desirable? Not unless you like dipped, cleaned and/or polished coins.

tlhoy

Some of his feedback.

Payment terms advertised not honored, coin was not as advertised. Won't be back.
Good Seller. Slow Shipment
asked three times to fill out lost package report-he was just too busy i guess?
acknowleged payment,never received coin,2 months wait, time for neg
Fast delivery but disappointed in quality of coin, advertised as AU but was VF/
coin was overgraded by 2 grades
Poor condition set. Tried to contact seller twice..no response. DO NOT BUY
Received a refund, thank you
Penny not as advertised. Returned. Seller lost penny. No refund, just BS. F-
This was a harshly cleaned coin and not stated as such.Thats a no no...
Bought 4 items,seller did not ans.emails req.for combined ship.Pd.s&h&ins.onEach
lots of rim dings, breast feathers badly worn,hair worn closer to VF-EF not AU+
looks like coin was cleaned, bad niche on reverse, not a (AU) rating as stated

It just goes on & on like that.

$8.00 S/H + $1.30 ins is a rip-off!

KurtHorn

Nobody finds the 1 strange? Shouldn't the second 1 look like the first in the date? At least a little bit? The bottom serif is very wide on the second 1.

Sequitur

Nobody finds the 1 strange?

We can't even see it, not from those horrible pics. If you're hinting the coin may be altered, perhaps it is, but you'll never know from that Ebay page.

lathmach

It's going on my watch list. If the bidding doesn't go too high, I'm buying it. It'll join my 600 or so other Seated Quarters.
The current high bidder is Harry Smith, by the way.
Harry co-wrote the book on the Seated Quarters with Larry Briggs.
Edited: By the way, I think this is the Proof.
Edited a second time: Definately the Proof.

Ray

RYK

Sure it's real...real ugly.

Shamika

The date looks goofy. I'd run away.

KurtHorn

<< <i>It's going on my watch list. If the bidding doesn't go too high, I'm buying it. It'll join my 600 or so other Seated Quarters. The current high bidder is Harry Smith, by the way. Harry co-wrote the book on the Seated Quarters with Larry Briggs. Edited: By the way, I think this is the Proof. Edited a second time: Definately the Proof. Ray >>



If that's a Proof then that's one very nasty impaired proof. Look at the Liberty, the fields and the date...

Coinhusker1

It's real, but it is not spectacular.

RELLA

lathmach,

If I had to guess I would say proof but "definately"? About the only thing I'm 100% sure of looking at those pictures is that if I don't stop looking so close I'll get a migraine. I see a few promising diagnostics but don't see anything clear enough to start eliminating other die pairings.

RELLA