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Fake $20 Saint getting bids?

logger7logger7 Posts: 9,718 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 17, 2018 5:15PM in U.S. Coin Forum

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1927-20-ST-GAUDENS-GOLD-DOUBLE-EAGLE-COIN/142687153729?epid=170474640&hash=item2138d12e41:g:3UEAAOSwHEhZ~0ac

This looks fake to me, not sure why these get bid up with all the better real comparable coins.

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    ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 7,126 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What looks fake about it? The obverse photo lighting is poor and it's not in the greatest shape but I think it looks OK.

    Collector, occasional seller

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    RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 17, 2018 4:57PM

    Very common double eagle. (Hmmmm....did someone remove the "D" mintmark?)

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The rim looks kinda weird to me....Other than that I'll be honest and say I don't really know what to look for.

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
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    logger7logger7 Posts: 9,718 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 17, 2018 6:09PM

    OK, maybe it was just my suspicion like why is a marked up Saint bidding so strong? Surface looked off to me but I'll leave it to the experts.

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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,206 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Horrible photo. Don't make it your problem.

    All glory is fleeting.
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    RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 17, 2018 6:00PM

    Beat-up EF with two extra belly buttons. Worth melt - maybe less.

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    BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RogerB said:
    Very common double eagle. (Hmmmm....did someone remove the "D" mintmark?)

    LOL..........maybe they did!

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 17, 2018 6:10PM

    This thread Just goes to show folks that they should be skeptical of what they read on the internet by Tom, Dick, Harry, or me who comment on images of coins.

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    RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    .

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks authentic, however, not one I would be bidding on at that price.... Cheers, RickO

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