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This screams counterfeit...

deviousdevious Posts: 1,690 ✭
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...but I had to ask any $3 gold experts here what they think:

click here, ebay auction link

I am no gold counterfeit detector, but I was browsing ending soon items on ebay and saw this and thought hmm, it doesn't look very uniform to other $3 pieces I've seen in the past. The lettering is all blotchy, the 6 on the date looks funny too. So what say you $3 guys?

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  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    I would not buy any raw gold ,except from the US Mint.

    Everything else PCGS all the way.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yup. Fake. And not a very good one either.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • StewStew Posts: 1,002
    Wise words
    From a Wise Old Bear
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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,821 ✭✭✭✭✭
    He took the time to edited his listing, once it was posted, to remove Philadelphia as the mint in the drop down menu and replace that option with "-". That is strange.
    (A genuine coin would have been minted in Philadelphia, a counterfeit, not.)

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  • kazkaz Posts: 9,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    no good.
  • 2bucks2bucks Posts: 636 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Yup. Fake. And not a very good one either. >>



    I'm not very good at spotting fakes. What makes you say this is fake?
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    <<I would not buy any raw gold ,except from the US Mint.

    Everything else PCGS all the way. >>




    << <i>Wise words
    From a Wise Old Bear
    image

    Terry >>

    There are a great many wonderful non-PCGS coins. In fact, some of them even end up in PCGS holders, and at higher grades than they were previously.
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,256 ✭✭✭✭✭
    reputable dealer (slabbed) or us mint image
  • CoinCrazyPACoinCrazyPA Posts: 2,899 ✭✭✭✭
    I am going to see when he leaves feedback and inform him to have it checked out. Regards Mike
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  • NewParadigmNewParadigm Posts: 1,322
    He should put "minted in China"
  • 2bucks2bucks Posts: 636 ✭✭✭


    << <i>He should put "minted in China" >>



    Can someone please explain to me why this is counterfeit? I need the education!
  • LewyLewy Posts: 594 ✭
    Here is another one: I don't have the 50 years of experience that the seller does, but I wondered if 1838 bust halves really said 50 C. instead of Half Dollar.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/1838-Capped-Bust-Half-Reeded-Edge-/320521767135?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item4aa09608df
  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭




    << <i>There are a great many wonderful non-PCGS coins. In fact, some of them even end up in PCGS holders, and at higher grades than they were previously. >>



    WISE WORDS RIGHT THERE!!!!
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  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
    another one linked
    “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."



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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,860 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would not buy any raw gold ,except from the US Mint.

    Everything else PCGS all the way. >>



    NGC, ANACS, and ICG also do a very good job of authenticating coins. Also, NGC wasn't the major grading service that slabbed all those micro-O Morgan dollars that were later proven to be fake.

    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

  • JulianJulian Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭
    The original coin seems like a counterfeit to me, as well.

    The "another one" is a contemperaneous counterfeit and is collectible.
    PNG member, numismatic dealer since 1965. Operates a retail store, also has exhibited at over 1000 shows.
    I firmly believe in numismatics as the world's greatest hobby, but recognize that this is a luxury and without collectors, we can all spend/melt our collections/inventories.

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