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1855 THREE DOLLAR Coin - Fake...or not?

COINB0YCOINB0Y Posts: 4,505
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The one on the right?....You guys make the Call!

Pics on Left are from PCGS Site & Pics on right from an EBay Listing

Distance between "A" and "M" in America, off?

Thickness of the letters for DOLLARS different?

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  • options26options26 Posts: 1,431
    Looks ok to me, just a harshly cleaned coin. The picture on the right is slightly rotated to give you a wrong perspective, IMO. BUt I sure don't know the series, so I will let the other chime in.

    Edited to add: The right picture is slightly rotated and angled to give the wrong perspective.
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  • coinnuttiuscoinnuttius Posts: 547
    is there a raised line at 2:30 (where that crater is next to the leaf)? If so, then the one at 9 would make this a well known fake. If you have the coin in hand look for toolmarks on the right hand side of the ribbon.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,817 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't authenticate or condem that coin from those pics.

    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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  • COINB0YCOINB0Y Posts: 4,505
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,412 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't authenticate or condem that coin from those pics.

    Neither can I. But I will say that there are indications that the coin may have been removed from a mount.
    Andy Lustig

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  • Halfhunter06Halfhunter06 Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭
    its very difficult to tell, best way is to submit it and see.
  • tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    I'll do a WAG and say it's real. I have never seen a counterfeit gold coin heavily worn and cleaned.
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't tell from the pics either
    But I can say that I disagree with the last 2 posts ahead of this one.
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,817 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'll do a WAG and say it's real. I have never seen a counterfeit gold coin heavily worn and cleaned. >>



    Agree. Probably real due to its very lousy condition. Looks like an ex-jewelry piece. Heavily cleaned and/or polished.

    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

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,572 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is one in a PCGS holder for comparison
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    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

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