Options
1901-S Barber Quarter: Opinions...counterfeit slab on eBay?
Patches
Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭
I think so, it just doesn't seem right to me (the barcode just looks wrong for some reason). This auction is priced too low, the seller doesn't seem to sell coins...and no reverse image.
1901-S Barber Quarter - PCGS G06
1901-S Barber Quarter - PCGS G06
0
Comments
if it is a counterfeit, it is a good un
went back to take another look and the image changed and change to 2.
kinda generous giving it a grade. pretty close to damage or scratched.
.
...this is the only one I need to finish my set
I am sure I am not the only one on this team
The slab may be 'recycled' and made by PCGS, but the insert is not. I would not buy this unless I wanted to backtrack to the source for prosecution, and was trying to protect a brand.
l
It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
The coin appears properly graded. The reverse photo could be due to lighting making the slab look funny - dunno - avoid.
Much like the newest anti- counterfeit designs for currency, something needs to occur quickly. Next we'll have fake CAC stickers on fake holders, with bad coins... And legit verification numbers.
Overall, not a promising situation.
As to the specific worn Barber brought to the attention of the forum by the OP, I've not a clue.
<< <i>I am 99% sure that coin is counterfeit. Look at the denticles under the 2nd 1. The ones are centered over the denticles on all genuine 1901-S quarters! >>
more than 1 obverse die was used. the heritage archives show 2 positions of the last 1.
i observed that from just looking at half a dozen coins.
not saying that guarantees authenticity of the coin from the OP but it does confirm it is possible to have 2 or more positions of the date.
.
<< <i>
<< <i>I am 99% sure that coin is counterfeit. Look at the denticles under the 2nd 1. The ones are centered over the denticles on all genuine 1901-S quarters! >>
more than 1 obverse die was used. the heritage archives show 2 positions of the last 1.
i observed that from just looking at half a dozen coins.
not saying that guarantees authenticity of the coin from the OP but it does confirm it is possible to have 2 or more positions of the date.
. >>
As I wrote earlier, these pictures are too small to make those kinds of judgment calls. If you want to sell a coin like this with suspicion, post a large, in-focus, close-up pictures of it. Otherwise my suspiciion is that that the seller is up to something, and I would not part of this offering.
the image resolution is good enough.
http://www.barbercoins.org/1901SBQ.html
<< <i>.
the image resolution is good enough.
Yes, but the piece could be one of those fairly sophisticated copies that could still get under the radar with a picture like this. We can't see the edge, and you can't really see the surfaces. The position of the main devices on a coin is only one of several factors that are involved in authentication.
<< <i> The position of the main devices on a coin is only one of several factors that are involved in authentication. >>
+1
.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1901-S-BARBER-QUARTER-KEY-DATE-PCGS-G06-RARE-See-pictures-Below-/261240758861
At least a dozen gouges and a couple of digs. How does that get anything but a genuine holder? I've had seated coins rejected with just 1 or 2 such marks.
Not worth Good 04 money to me no matter who's holder it's in. First I'd question whether the holder is tampered with.
<< <i>It's baaaaaaaaaaack! >>
“Whooptydoo. But what does it all mean Basil?”
.