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konsolekonsole Posts: 795 ✭✭✭
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  • HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭
    I defer to the board... but have you sized weighed it ?
    tough to tell true colors from the pic, does the date have a reddish tint in the numbers?
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  • konsolekonsole Posts: 795 ✭✭✭
    its being sold from China on ebay right now and I'm interested in it. btw what does redness in he date mean?
  • HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭
    you're joking. right ?
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  • morganbarbermorganbarber Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭
    It looks ok to me, but if being sold on Ebay from China, I wouldn't bid ten bucks on it.
    I collect circulated U.S. silver
  • konsolekonsole Posts: 795 ✭✭✭
    whats the story with China and these coins?
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,304 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks OK to me, as far as I can tell from the picture.
    Andy Lustig

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  • HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭
    IMHO, never every buy anything from outside the states unless you really know what you're doing.
    I think it's impossible to ever get your money back if there's ever problems. Anyway, forget china and get something slabbed
    from a reputable seller to be sure.
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  • konsolekonsole Posts: 795 ✭✭✭


    << <i>IMHO, never every buy anything from outside the states unless you really know what you're doing.
    I think it's impossible to ever get your money back if there's ever problems. Anyway, forget china and get something slabbed
    from a reputable seller to be sure. >>



    lol the thing is though i wasnt planning on keeping it. The bidding is pretty low and I was gonna but it and resell it for profit. Ya the seller has zero feeback since 2004 so screw it.
  • HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭
    it's low for a reason, if it turns out to be funny money you'd have to soul search before reselling,
    it might be gold or might not be, so Im not sure how you'd even value it. again, Caveat Emptor and good luck with that
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  • WoodwindWoodwind Posts: 486 ✭


    << <i>whats the story with China and these coins? >>



    Many US counterfeit coins are made in China.

    Edited to add: From the picture the coin looks okay to me.
    Lurking proudly on internet forums since 2001
  • netrubiconnetrubicon Posts: 677 ✭
    I might question the coin but without seeing it in hand I dunno. What strikes me as funny is the reverse point of the arrow that looks complete. I dont think it should be complete. Not 100% sure.
    Collecting cleaned, scratched, scraped, AT and ugly POS coins for over 2 years now!
  • netrubiconnetrubicon Posts: 677 ✭
    On second thought it looks fake. Never seen an arro look like that. The tip is complete of the inside of the arrowhead and the shape of the arrowhead is not proportional. FAKE
    Collecting cleaned, scratched, scraped, AT and ugly POS coins for over 2 years now!
  • AlleyratAlleyrat Posts: 86
    If you buy a coin that looks fake and the seller has 0 feedback and is from China, you need your head examined.
    16 Year Old YN
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's fake. It's from China.... image just my humble thoughts on chinese/american gold indians..... it even sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it ?

    Okay the reason it looks odd to me is the area around the neck and the necklace. Also, on the incuse design indians (at least the five dollar gold ) the stars tend to flow right into the "third side" or the edge/rim of the coin. These stars seem a bit far away from the edge. Is this okay on the quarter eagles ? It would be suspect on the half eagles, I think.
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  • DeadhorseDeadhorse Posts: 3,720 ✭
    Never buy anything from China unless it's from Walmart. image

    That's my creedo.

    They do a great job on the fake American flag made in the USA labels.

    In fact, I'll bet they make more US flags in China than anywhere else in the world.
    "Lenin is certainly right. There is no subtler or more severe means of overturning the existing basis of society(destroy capitalism) than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and it does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose."
    John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
  • JoshLJoshL Posts: 656 ✭✭
    I would say fake
    I love coins...image
  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    The coin looks real to me, but I would not chance it...Mike
    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • MS70ORBUSTMS70ORBUST Posts: 395


    << <i>its being sold from China on ebay right now and I'm interested in it. btw what does redness in he date mean? >>



    China? Chance of getting ripped off-100% Stay away.
  • ILikeMercsILikeMercs Posts: 1,392 ✭
    go look for some slabbed indians and compare for any differences......but the red flags are ALL there..China......0 feedback...unslabbed.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,350 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks OK to me, as far as I can tell from the picture. >>



    You can't authenticate gold from a pic. You need to see it in person and examine it with a stereo microscope. They are that good. I wouldn't buy raw gold from ebay---especially from China.



    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • Dukie101Dukie101 Posts: 1,313 ✭
    You can't authenticate gold from a pic. You need to see it in person and examine it with a stereo microscope. They are that good. I wouldn't buy raw gold from ebay---especially from China.

    Very good advise!!!image
    Larry
  • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    Some of these counterfiets are so good it's really hard to tell even in person. The good ones use the correct weight and gold and about the only way to tell is from experience in viewing counterfiets. If you can afford to lose your money go for it.
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,502 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Who's to say that the photo is not one of a genuine coin? Who's to say that you will actually get the coin in the photo?
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,350 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> These stars seem a bit far away from the edge. Is this okay on the quarter eagles ? It would be suspect on the half eagles, I think.
    >>



    The stars on the half eagles are slightly closer to rim than on the quarter eagles.


    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,350 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Who's to say that the photo is not one of a genuine coin? Who's to say that you will actually get the coin in the photo? >>



    Good point. That may be the pic of the coin used to make the mould or die used to make the coin that he's selling.


    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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