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Tough to tell from pics but looks counterfeit

Harder to find date and mm seated $ but looks phony to me. Any opinions?

1859S

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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hard to tell from that pic, but looks cleaned and retoned to me. IF it was as nice as is LOOKS it would be in a PCGS slab.

    JMHO
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275
    Looks suspicious to me, but that's just a feeling because I don't see any visible counterfeit markers.

    Heck, if its legit and problem free then it will be a great deal.
  • garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    I don't see any red flags other than "Husbands Estate" which could be legitimate. She has 14 coins listed; none of them have great images. I would ask for better images before I bid, but 12 other people so far think is is legit.
  • <<<I don't see any red flags other than "Husbands Estate" which could be legitimate.>>>

    That and she has a feedback history of two counterfeits plus a no return policy.
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NO red flags? Are you kidding? Read the sellers' feedbacks, and then ask yourself who is truthful and who isn't.

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,749 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Harder to find date and mm seated $ but looks phony to me. Any opinions?

    1859S >>



    It makes me suspicious, but I cannot condemn it.
    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.

  • I purchased a 1896 Morgan from this "Widow" back in June 07 if I remember correctly. What I bought was an authentic but HEAVILY POLISHED , very shiny , very circulated morgan that I could have bought from a junk tray at any coin show. What is more egregious on my part is that I actually left positive feedback due to "fast shipping"

    I would like to formally apologize for anyone who may have subsequently bought from her based on my feedback. I highly suspect that "She" is a volume reseller who knows exactly what "she" is doing.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,851 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks real but harshly cleaned. PASS!!!!!!

    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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  • I seem to remember poeple on this board investigating a "widow" 5-6-7 years ago. Turns out no one by that name (whatever it was) hd passed away recently.
    (of course, I'm not saying this is the same lady)

    Given the no refurn, PO box, and new PO box number, and poor pics, I wouldn't bid.

    B.
    A Fine is a tax for doing wrong.
    A Tax is a fine for doing good.


  • << <i>NO REFUNDS OR NO RETURNS AS I AM TRYING TO GET RID OF HIS COLLECTION >>



    That's all I need to know!image
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,851 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I seem to remember poeple on this board investigating a "widow" 5-6-7 years ago. Turns out no one by that name (whatever it was) hd passed away recently.
    (of course, I'm not saying this is the same lady)

    Given the no refurn, PO box, and new PO box number, and poor pics, I wouldn't bid.

    B. >>



    If it's not the same person, it certainly someone using the same modus operandi.


    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

  • jdillanejdillane Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭
    98% F/b and recent neg suggests scam operation
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,885 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pee-yew. Something stinks.

    3800 bucks for a raw coin, from a seller with that kind of feedback?

    Geez Louise, somebody likes to play Russian roulette with two or three rounds in the cylinder, don't they?

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  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
    ALL COINS GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC MEANING REAL AND NOT FAKE .

    That's ALL I need to know!image
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