Looks like a counterfeit 1921 Peace dollar on ebay...

Inditonka

I contacted the seller, but thinking he doesnt believe it....

'21 peace

Coinhusker1

If you can snag it for the $20 starting bid, it might be a neat novelty item.

coinman420

in his description he states: " i know very little about coins so please ask questions.

howboutdemcoins

Other than the horrible color, weak strike and just "fake" look of it, how do you know? What is the tip off? I don't know this series so please educate us (or at least me).

dizzyfoxx

<< <i>in his description he states: " i know very little about coins so please ask questions. >>



They always need to have an "out".

MAD4MORGANS

Do you suppose his 1848s...err...1875cc Trade Dollar is fake too?

Garage sale find...(in China)

curly

I suppose it's worth 20 bucks as a conversation piece......I wouldn't try to spend it though. It don't look right.

bhartman35

In addition to the silliness of telling people to ask questions when he claims to know nothing about the coin, he also claims "all sales are final". Doesn't exactly give you that warm, fuzzy feeling, does it?

Inditonka

<< <i> Other than the horrible color, weak strike and just "fake" look of it, how do you know? What is the tip off? I don't know this series so please educate us (or at least me). >>



The main tip off's are:
1) The '2' in '1921' is way to weird
2) There's no look of any high-relief to the coin (this year had this)
3) The ray extends past the 'E' in 'Liberty'
4) Most the lettering on the reverse do not fit with the coin, almost looks as if they're glued on

DNADave

<< <i>Other than the horrible color, weak strike and just "fake" look of it, how do you know? What is the tip off? I don't know this series so please educate us (or at least me). >>



The "2" in the date is all wrong, for starters.

Notice that the first ray, near the I in LIBERTY, weakens as it nears the hair. Its a chinese fake.

yellowjacket

Look at the date! It's been worked over...and not very well done, I might add.

As Elaine would say: Fake, fake, fake, fake.

YJ

dcarr

Old thread alert.
Just noticed these two different kinds (both no good) on eBay :
https://ebay.com/itm/183132570163
https://ebay.com/itm/173223732910

burfle23

Looks like the original example posted here has been removed by eBay.

Jimnight

The listing has been removed.

burfle23

@dcarr said:
Old thread alert.
Just noticed these two different kinds (both no good) on eBay :
https://ebay.com/itm/183132570163
https://ebay.com/itm/173223732910

eBay stated the 1st one listed is good, the 2nd one is bad and removed that listing.

ricko

I will take Dan's assessment over ebay's... If he says they both were bad... they are bad. Cheers, RickO

dcarr

@burfle23 said:

@dcarr said:
Old thread alert.
Just noticed these two different kinds (both no good) on eBay :
https://ebay.com/itm/183132570163
https://ebay.com/itm/173223732910

eBay stated the 1st one listed is good, the 2nd one is bad and removed that listing.

The first one is definitely bad. Look how fat the letters of "ONE" (and the nearby rays) are.

davewesen

@dcarr said:

@burfle23 said:

@dcarr said:
Old thread alert.
Just noticed these two different kinds (both no good) on eBay :
https://ebay.com/itm/183132570163
https://ebay.com/itm/173223732910

eBay stated the 1st one listed is good, the 2nd one is bad and removed that listing.

The first one is definitely bad. Look how fat the letters of "ONE" (and the nearby rays) are.

He meant auction being 'live'. The second auction has already been nuked.

burfle23

First one on the left, known genuine one on the right (courtesy PCGS):

RogerB

Do you mean that the one on the left is counterfeit?

burfle23

The one on the left is: https://www.ebay.com/itm/183132570163?rmvSB=true

RogerB

Don't like either item, but the one at right is genuine - both sides, too !

asheland

Good catch!