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Draped Bust Dollar - Real or Fake?

C0inCollect0rC0inCollect0r Posts: 374 ✭✭
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Hi folks,

This Bust Dollar has clearly been messed with (cleaned, plugged, scratched, etc) but I wanted your opinions on whether you think it is in fact genuine:

It is from ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/262242841317

Thanks for your time and opinions.

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    TigersFan2TigersFan2 Posts: 1,442 ✭✭
    Linky
    I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.
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    DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, the seller pretty much lays it on the line.



    Buyer decides and bids accordingly.



    Nothing wrong with this listing, in my opinion.
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    Coin FinderCoin Finder Posts: 7,815 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks real to me, It would be nice to see the edge however. The S and the 9 are obviously fake.

    The court jester does not play, but gently pulls the strings…

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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow. What a train wreck. Throw in rim damage, graffiti, tooling on top of cleaned, plugged and scratched. Looks genuine, though. BB-166.

    Lance.
    Coin Photography Services / Everyman Registry set / BHNC #213
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    JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: lkeigwin

    Wow. What a train wreck. Throw in rim damage, graffiti, tooling on top of cleaned, plugged and scratched. Looks genuine, though. BB-166.

    Lance.




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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    .

    anyone have commentary about those 3 unusual lines in the hair. the small ones.





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    DanielBooneDanielBoone Posts: 161 ✭✭
    Looks genuine to me too. The "9" in the date and the "S" in States have been tooled
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    DanielBooneDanielBoone Posts: 161 ✭✭
    A perfect example of a coin with ALOT of problems!

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    commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,102 ✭✭✭
    Surprisingly, I think it's genuine.



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    braddickbraddick Posts: 25,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Genuine yet wow- just as the seller stated.

    May have gone for a bit too much, yet a neat coin for what it is (and, for what it isn't).
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,208 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Probably genuine and mutilated as the seller described.
    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: LanceNewmanOCC

    .

    anyone have commentary about those 3 unusual lines in the hair. the small ones.




    Not sure what you're asking. Those die lines are common to the die marriage. But I'm hardly an expert.

    Lance.
    Coin Photography Services / Everyman Registry set / BHNC #213
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    DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,042 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Real in my opinion.
    When in doubt, don't.
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,383 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A lot of meat on that coin, considering what it sold for. Lots of issues, sure, but nice detail in spite of all that.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: lkeigwin

    Originally posted by: LanceNewmanOCC

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    anyone have commentary about those 3 unusual lines in the hair. the small ones.




    Not sure what you're asking. Those die lines are common to the die marriage. But I'm hardly an expert.

    Lance.




    more or less, that is what i figured but wondered if anyone could confirm. i have no reason at this point to say it isnt authentic.

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    <--- look what's behind the mask! - cool link 1/NO ~ 2/NNP ~ 3/NNC ~ 4/CF ~ 5/PG ~ 6/Cert ~ 7/NGC 7a/NGC pop~ 8/NGCF ~ 9/HA archives ~ 10/PM ~ 11/NM ~ 12/ANACS cert ~ 13/ANACS pop - report fakes 1/ACEF ~ report fakes/thefts 1/NCIS - Numi-Classes SS ~ Bass ~ Transcribed Docs NNP - clashed coins - error training - V V mm styles -

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    DeepCoinDeepCoin Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭
    It has major problems, to be sure, but at $500, a coin that someone who cannot afford a $1000 coin can afford. One man's trash is another man's treasure.
    Retired United States Mint guy, now working on an Everyman Type Set.

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