Let's Play - Is this 1932 S quarter real or fake?

jmcu12

What say you? I tried to get some pics, hopefully they are good enough.

Sorry for the sideways pics - photobucket is not playing nice right now.

Type2

Fake.

BustHalfBrian

Not my series, but I think it's real... although I wouldn't feel comfortable buying unless it were certified. Some of the added mintmarks are scary good these days.

1Mike1

I would be suspect because of the ding in the mint mark and the fact it doesn't appear to be certified.

ricko

I would not buy that coin..... at least not without an in-hand, on the bench, with all my tools examination. Cheers, RickO

mercurydimeguy

Hard to tell from pics but if there is no puddle/lake in which the mintmark is sitting and there is no die scratch above the D then it's probably fake.

jmcu12

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jmcu12

You can sorta see in the pics but this has been whizzed. Some of the die polishing marks are there but a lot have been obscured.

AUandAG

I in the not real crowd. So, that means it's real.

bob

TomB

Looks real to me.

CaptHenway

<< <i>Hard to tell from pics but if there is no puddle/lake in which the mintmark is sitting and there is no die scratch above the D then it's probably fake. >>



Not all pieces are from that die, in that die state.

My gut feeling is genuine. I see no evidence of whizzing.

coinrollhunter

Probably real. If it is a fake, that is a very good fake.

rec78

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<< <i>Hard to tell from pics but if there is no puddle/lake in which the mintmark is sitting and there is no die scratch above the D then it's probably fake. >>



Not all pieces are from that die, in that die state.

My gut feeling is genuine. I see no evidence of whizzing. >>



Where do you guys see a "D" ? Looks like an "S" to me. I may be 62 years old but I ain't blind yet!

I vote real.


Bob

TwoSides2aCoin

looks alright… for a quarter
How does it smell ?

WoodenJefferson

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<< <i>Hard to tell from pics but if there is no puddle/lake in which the mintmark is sitting and there is no die scratch above the D then it's probably fake. >>



Not all pieces are from that die, in that die state.

My gut feeling is genuine. I see no evidence of whizzing. >>



Where do you guys see a "D" ? Looks like an "S" to me. I may be 62 years old but I ain't blind yet!

I vote real.


Bob >>



The poster meant to say, "Above the D in DOLLAR" but it didn't come out that way. Not my series, but I say genuine. And if it turns out to be a metal manipulated 32 Philly, they did a good convincing job.

rec78

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<< <i>Hard to tell from pics but if there is no puddle/lake in which the mintmark is sitting and there is no die scratch above the D then it's probably fake. >>



Not all pieces are from that die, in that die state.

My gut feeling is genuine. I see no evidence of whizzing. >>



Where do you guys see a "D" ? Looks like an "S" to me. I may be 62 years old but I ain't blind yet!

I vote real.


Bob >>



The poster meant to say, "Above the D in DOLLAR" but it didn't come out that way. Not my series, but I say genuine. And if it turns out to be a metal manipulated 32 Philly, they did a good convincing job. >>




Thanks for the clarification. Oh, I am so mint mark oriented.

jmcu12

<< <i>How does it smell ? >>



it smells like silver!

I liked the look of it in hand so I took the gamble. I dont seem me sending it in only to break it out again; I think I will go with 'Real' and be done with it.


thanks all!

ebaybuyer

something with the hair doesn't look "right" ... good luck with that gamble, as available as they are why take the chance ?

MsMorrisine

Out of ignorance and curiosity I ask, could it be an added mintmark?

Any tells for that outside the acetone soak?

jmcu12

I took the gamble because I liked the look of it.

I tried soaking in acetone and nothing came off. I looked at the rim to see if any alteration could be detected there but I did not see anything.

I suppose it could still be added.

ebaybuyer

acetone wont remove a mintmark that is epoxied on, brazed, "chased" or popped through, I would definitely examine the reeding in the area of the mintmark, the pop outs are very deceiving if done by an expert. if I was going to take that gamble, I would definitely study up on what the style of S used that year, and get to know how many dies were used. even then its a crap shoot. good luck with it,

luckybucks

Looks real to me, but I would have a reputable source verify that it is real.

The ding in the S does look suspect, but around that time, alot of the S mint coins were of sub standard quality.

pcunix

There's a Youtube video on basic counterFeit detection done by PCGS . Search "PCGS Counterfeit" on Youtube. Unless I'm thinking of something else entirely, the 32-S is one of the examples.

relicsncoins

Here is one I picked up from Ebay raw a couple of years ago.

Photos are terrible, but all I have uploaded right now.

Cougar1978

I would pass, it seems fake.

Rampage

The coin looks fake to me. At first I was going to say real coin, but added mint mark, but I have since changed my opinion to fake all around.

kaz

I have mine on the table now, there are heavy die polish lines slanting down from left to right around the mm; on the subject coin they seem to be slanting down from right to left. I vote "suspicious."

AMRC

Real. Does not mean I would buy the coin. But it is real.

GrumpyEd

It's been a few months since it was posted.
Did it get submitted?

I couldn't say for sure that it wasn't real, I would probably have sent it to see what they say.