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Is this $2 1/2 Liberty genuine?

jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,302 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Can you even tell from what you can see? I would be interested to know if this was a genuine coin.

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  • csdotcsdot Posts: 725 ✭✭✭✭
    What does the other side look like? Is this a ring?

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  • CascadeChrisCascadeChris Posts: 2,529 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a repousee gold Indian on a ring setting. Cool! Give us the money shot j image
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  • jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,302 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is a Liberty, and I just wanna make sure it is genuine before I buy. I've never seen coins/rings like these before.
  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,947 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a repousse or "push-out" coin. These are most often found with Barber coins, specifically quarters and half dollars. I can tell from the back of the push-out that it is the typical rendition of Ms. Liberty that was often used. They sometimes have a bar with the patent date listed on them, as well, which might be 1903.
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  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've seen similar. Nothing jumps out at me in the pictures as bad.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks authentic... as noted above, a repousse, and not uncommon in coin jewelry. Can you post the picture from the front? Cheers, RickO
  • jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,302 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,502 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool. Something like this is most likely genuine.

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  • jwittenjwitten Posts: 5,302 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good, I just bought it, lol
  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 4,029 ✭✭✭✭✭
    FWIW, here is a more typical example on a Barber dime (the same seller has a second example as well)

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