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  • skier07skier07 Posts: 3,649 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm certainly no copper expert but assuming it's real it's artificially colored and the coin is spotted.

  • TequilaDaveTequilaDave Posts: 271 ✭✭✭

    Something about that coin sets the red flags off in my head. Spidey senses say "stay away"...

  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,051 ✭✭✭

    Either from a garage in Ping Pang Pu, or treated with something like diluted muriatic acid

  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,515 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A raw fully red cent from 1806? Really, I doubt the authenticity. If it is real (I'm not an expert on these) then it has been really messed with and that copper dip commercial comes to mind.

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  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 28, 2017 6:12PM

    The "Too Good To Be True" alarm went off.

    Uncirculated, full red 1/2 cent, uncertified, and a 99 cent starting bid? The seller is either stupid, or has balls of steel.

    Added: (I didn't say it...but with all that, I assume it's a counterfeit).

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  • basetsbbasetsb Posts: 508 ✭✭✭✭

    Personally, I would not buy this coin raw, too easy for it to come back graded as details.

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  • PCcoinsPCcoins Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭

    Fake

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  • dm679864dm679864 Posts: 213 ✭✭

    Well someones about to lose $430...

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  • UnclePennyBagsUnclePennyBags Posts: 327 ✭✭✭

    I don't like it.... ear lobes, nose, lips ...all don't look enough detail to them

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 8,896 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd be very suspicious....details don't look right to me and it is way too red for a 211 year old coin.

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  • UnclePennyBagsUnclePennyBags Posts: 327 ✭✭✭

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,114 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My first thought was genuine, AU details dipped to h3ll to make it red, which resulted in
    light surface pitting.

    That website that MacCrimmon posted is scary....

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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It needs numbers stamped in it. :D

  • DancingFireDancingFire Posts: 311 ✭✭✭
    edited April 28, 2017 8:19PM

    @Walkerfan said:
    I'd be very suspicious....details don't look right to me and it is way too red for a 211 year old coin.

    Run Forrest RUN!!

    Yup, I don't believe in (full red) 200 + yr. old copper either. nothing on the coin say I am genuine .. :D

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 29, 2017 11:30AM

    @PCcoins said:
    Fake

    This is the type of post that adds nothing to a thread! Now. would you care to elaborate? Also, a post as: "The mouth is wrong or the ear does not look right" is nonsense also without posting a comparison image to make your case as I for one don't know what the mouth or ear on a genuine coin looks like without seeing an image.

    This particular coin is whizzed. It takes one heck of an authentication expert to authenticate a whizzed coin from an image on Ebay.

    PS This is a different die than the counterfeit for sale in the post above.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I believe that coin is a fake... the facial features and the bust are not right when compared to an authentic coin...also the head orientation appears to lean to the right more than it should. Cheers, RickO

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 31,499 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My first impression was whizzed, also.

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  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,412 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There is too much wear on the coin for it to be that RD. Upper branches of the wreath on the reverse have wear, and their is quite a bit of wear in the hair, yet, the same color patina. Something was done to this coin, and it's not good. I don't know the diagnostics to look for on this coin re whether or not it is a fake. But come on, a RD 200 year old coin that's raw? Please.

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My first impression was right along w' the cap'n

    WHIZZZZZZZZZ job

  • As stated already, too much wear to be as Red as it shows. Raw Red coin from 1806 says stay away. If it is whizzed, someone did a very nice job. Too many red flags for a potentially coin to be worth up to $3,500.00 if small 6 and stemless.

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