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The rare 1865 George Washington silver dollar

MichiganMichigan Posts: 4,942 ✭
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This is so pathetic I don't know whether to laugh or cry. The seller is not from China (but I suspect the coin came from there).

Check out the other junk they are selling.






http://cgi.ebay.com/1865-GEORGE-WASHINGTON-SILVER-DOLLAR_W0QQitemZ130208760504QQihZ003QQcategoryZ525QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

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  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • CratylusCratylus Posts: 871 ✭
    Looks good to me! image
  • sweetwillietsweetwilliet Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭
    Is that the rare mirror-image reverse I see?
    Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
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  • CratylusCratylus Posts: 871 ✭


    << <i>Is that the rare mirror-image reverse I see? >>



    Must be a rare type of brockage. image
  • sweetwillietsweetwilliet Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭
    << Is that the rare mirror-image reverse I see? >>



    "Must be a rare type of brockage."

    Since the image isn't incused, does that make this a reverse anti-brockage?image
    Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
    Will’sProoflikes
  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    She has a whole boatload of fake coins for sale, clearly a scam as she says all sales final!
    Tom

  • RBinTexRBinTex Posts: 4,328 ✭
    Silver? image
  • 21Walker21Walker Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭
    Damn, That's the last one I need for my set....................Rick
    If don't look like UNC, it probrably isn't UNC.....U.S. Coast Guard. Chief Petty Officer (Retired) (1970-1990)

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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just sent the following email, let's see what response I might get!

    If I were you I'd pull this auction and send it in for grading. That reverse is extremely rare as in a 9 or 10. I've read about this coin but have never had the privilege of seeing one until your auction. If you get it graded we could be talking 5 or even 6 figures. Let me know.
    bob

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    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    That’s an amazing discovery. Not only is it the exceedingly rare, almost unique, one-of-a–kind silver pattern of 1865 but it has the famous inverted mirror-image hanging bat reverse.

    In researching through thousands of words in documents, I’ve never encountered one of these – or even two!! Walter Breen describes them in the spleen of his “Encyclopediphilia of US Coins” with these words (but not necessarily in this order):

    “1865…pattern…George Washington…exceedingly rare…smashed…with a…board…inverted…die. Unique…or…rarer…. One…or…less …known…ex…Linderman…ex…Norweb…. Designed by...Saint-Gaudens...when he...was...12."

    This will cause a complete revision of all known pattern and experimental coin books. Definitely a 6 figure coin – all of them X’s!

  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ok, got a response, but after the bidding ended at $33+

    Here it is: could you please give me the details on where to send it in for that? thanks koniman


    Probably the easiest way to submit to a grading service is to ask you local coin dealer to submit it for you. They would only charge you the fee for grading, more than likely. I'd have it sent to either PCGS or NGC.
    bob
    PS you do know that that coin is a fake, right? And you will probably get your first negative. The other coins you have up are also fakes. What gives?
    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry!

    It's my coin! I'll pull the listing. image

    Ray

    PS What gave it away?

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