Is this Trade Dollar real or shake-n-bake? Why? (not mine)

ER

rec78

Looks genuine from here--if you mean the toning -WELL ??

p8nt

Its got that blue haze look of gototoningcoins.

Bruceswar

I am not liking that toning therefor I would stay away from it. If I am not 100% sure and its not cheap I am going to stay away!

techeff

It's been cooked, obviously. No separation from the devices...

Coinosaurus

I don't have a good feeling about this one........

ER

It's slabbed a "highly respected" TPG service, got to be NT, right?

construct

I think it stands a chance of being NT, but I'd want to examine it in person. The toning over some the the devices make me a little nervous.

stev32k

That one looks pan fried "over-easy" to me. Try it with a junk silver coin and it will look about like that just before it turns a solid gold color.

Hadleydog

That image is so badly tweeked, there is no possible way of determining what the coin actually looks like, let alone if it real or not.

sinin1

you might be asking the wrong question unless this is in a top tier slab



to me it looks like it could very well be a die-struck copy that has been torched to get the toning





so is it authentic? I do not know enough about trade dollars to say yes, I am inclined to say no

keoj

The coin has all the diagnostics of an authentic coin. It looks real to me (including a proof only die scratch found on 73 and 74 proofs).

That being said, the coin (or coin picture) looks very "tweaked" as someone mentioned. I wouldn't touch it.

keoj

pontiacinf

looks ok to me, but WTF do I know

coinguy1

My suspicion is that the toning is original, but that the image isn't true to life.

fc

i am unsure, but my guess would not be very
good to begin with.

so i vote. no idea.

BigTom

<< <i>It's been cooked, obviously. No separation from the devices... >>



Please explain what you mean by "searation from the devices".

michael

no brainer AT

Fountainhead

How can we tell the image has been "tweeked"?