Is this 1802/1 dollar a fake?

Steve27 · February 11, 2013 2:44AM

LINK to auction

The surfaces look all wrong to me.

airplanenut · February 11, 2013 3:01AM

Nothing stands out as wrong to me. As for the surfaces, the coin's been cleaned.

CaptHenway · February 11, 2013 3:02AM

My gut feeling is altered surfaces, possibly repaired.

It is also grossly overgraded. Not all crooks are counterfeiters.

IrishMikey · February 11, 2013 3:03AM

Looks genuine to me. Owner's grading is a bit optimistic.

LanceNewmanOCC · February 11, 2013 3:17AM

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the 2/1 looks spot-on.

the images look to be heavily diffused which is partly what gives it this look imo. the plastic from the 2x2 doesn't help.

image courtesy of coinfacts

mbogoman · February 11, 2013 3:44AM

<< <i>Looks genuine to me. Owner's grading is a bit optimistic. >>

Yeah, for sure, by a few notches. It looks more F15 details, maybe VF20 to me...

lordmarcovan · February 11, 2013 3:47AM

Doesn't ring any major alarm bells for me, with the exception of the seller's overexuberant gradeflation.

commoncents05 · February 11, 2013 3:48AM

I would wager genuine.

-Paul

LindeDad · February 11, 2013 4:23AM

Violates the listing rule for value and not slabbed.

daOnlyBG · February 11, 2013 5:04AM

If it was genuine, I'd give it a VF-20 grading. I'd stay away though... something strikes me as odd about the coin. Too many crisp spots and too many worn out spots. Nothing wrong with the two, but when you have them both together..

johnny9434 · February 11, 2013 5:07AM

when in doubt, pass

Is this 1802/1 dollar a fake?

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