Barn finds 1878 7/8 tail feathers and 1881 S
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I got a roll of silver dollars, Peace, Morgan, Foreign, sort of a barn find. A true history lesson in a roll. Filed rims, some cleaned (I believe) and some nice coins. Here's a couple I hope are decent. Should I have them graded or just cherish and admire them?
I appears they pictures uploaded out of sequence for some reason. My first try with Plugable USB microscope as well.
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They look pretty, but they're giving me a headache!
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Me too. I'll figure out lighting and focusing before long.
Try to flip image too, everything is backwards like looking in a mirror. Also quick question, location of this barn find? China?
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OK, found how to flip the photos. Not China ..... that I know of.
Some things don't look right. The date for one, and the P in PLURIBUS... Just, well, weird.
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Congratulations on buying counterfeit coins. Really, they are modern counterfeits.
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I didn't buy them. They were left to me by the widow of a neighbor. He died 15 years ago. All indications are they were collected in the mid 70's. Counterfeit. I didn't have a clue. What tests can I do? They seem to be silver, at least.
Oh I thought from the title you found these in a barn. lol
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Call the police and have the widow arrested.
Look again at the 1878 - it could hardly scream louder. Look at the numerals in 1878. Note the highly different sizes. No mint product I've seen is that far off. Ergo, not a mint product. Ergo, counterfeit.
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1878 is a blatant fake.
The date is laughable.
I didn't even look at the other coin.
Definitely not mint products.... Not sure about the rest of the roll.... or whether they are even silver... Cheers, RickO
RE: "My first try with Plugable USB microscope as well."
Try reversing the plug - that should take care of the photo problem (except for fuzziness).
Why are you calling them "Barn Finds"?
Post a normal cell phone picture under normal daylight of the 1878.
...ummm. Well, OK. I wasn't planning on running or deleting. If I am wrong, I am wrong. Based on those images, without examining the coins in hand, they appear counterfeit.
Did you get up on the wrong side of the couch?
Phone pics of the 78. The rest of the coins minus the Peace dollars. Barn find is my way of saying I wasn't looking for them, they just came to me out of the blue.
They look fine to me. The 1878 could be graded, but probably does not need it. I wouldn't send the rest in but still a nice find "out of the blue"!
Thank you for that - they look fine in these photos. The other photo did you (or the coin) no favors. And again, cool serendipity!
Not sure what got FadeToBlack's coin ego so engaged - of course, most of us could tell in hand what cannot be determined through photos. Based upon the distortion in the photo, I rendered a judgement - worth every dollar it cost the OP. Settle down, ego boy.
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At least you didn't overpay. Take them to your local reputable coin dealer and get his or her opinion. The toning and wear on the coins looks original, but that means little. Even if counterfeits they may still contain some silver and have some value. At least you have a good story to tell.
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Please turn off your 'phone's "auto-fuzzy" feature. It's a lot easier to help you if the photos are sharp.
I'm super cornfused.
The first 1878 pic has a die crack through the stars on the obv and the newest pic doesn't.
Are they two different coins or just pic anomalies?
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........oh, and Welcome!
Glad you're here and asking questions.
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I'm not certain why there appears to be conflict or angst within this thread by certain members (not me). The initial images made the pieces appear to be counterfeit and multiple folks came to the same conclusion, but the later images look wildly different. Perhaps some know more about particular series, grade ranges or attributes than others, but the internet testosterone that might be spilling here is plainly weird, in my opinion. If I'm wrong then I'm wrong, but no crow is needed for that.
If the first pieces are counterfeit then that is too bad for the buyer and if they are real then that is great.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I felt the same way the two pictures appear to be two different coins. What happened to the die crack?
2nd picture of the 78 is not the same coin that was originally posted in this thread. The original coin is a counterfeit and not even close to a good one.
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Same coin, I swear! I only have 2 1878's. The one by itself and the one in the group photo. I could just need a new phone with a better camera and not a brain transplant. Thanks for the welcome .... I'll do more research in the future to avoid unnecessary drama.