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Is this coin damaged or bad pic?

HalfpenceHalfpence Posts: 462 ✭✭✭✭


Looks like the rim is too deep on one side. What do you think?

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  • maymay Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The stars look weird, I doubt it’s real.

  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,040 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fake

    When in doubt, don't.
  • HalfpenceHalfpence Posts: 462 ✭✭✭✭

    This is why I love this forum. Thx all!

  • NewEnglandRaritiesNewEnglandRarities Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭✭

    Agree, from that image. Not good.

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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,944 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would pass.

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 10,932 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Bad pic, bad coin, just bad...........

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  • HoledandCreativeHoledandCreative Posts: 2,864 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What is the date/ mint mark? 53-P or 52-D?

  • HalfpenceHalfpence Posts: 462 ✭✭✭✭

    @HoledandCreative said:
    What is the date/ mint mark? 53-P or 52-D?

    52-D

  • HalfpenceHalfpence Posts: 462 ✭✭✭✭

    Here's a picture of the reverse.

  • HalfpenceHalfpence Posts: 462 ✭✭✭✭

    This looks to me to be the exact same coin, under question 5 years ago:
    https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=325813

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,443 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yup. Definitely fake.

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  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 7,202 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • telephoto1telephoto1 Posts: 4,966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Broken letters, pimpling look similar to the coin @Halfpence mentioned but I think it's not the same exact coin but rather another fake from the same dies. jmho


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  • HalfpenceHalfpence Posts: 462 ✭✭✭✭

    @telephoto1 said:
    Broken letters, pimpling look similar to the coin @Halfpence mentioned but I think it's not the same exact coin but rather another fake from the same dies. jmho

    I had the same thought. The "8" and the word "Dollar" look like they've been worn or filed down in the pic I posted, versus the pics from 5 years ago. I also wondered if that was done intentionally since the larger "8" is a hallmark of the counterfeit. Whatever the case, the obverse rim characteristics are identical.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,677 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fake

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  • HoledandCreativeHoledandCreative Posts: 2,864 ✭✭✭✭✭

    When I was in Beirut a few decades ago, I bought a few 1853-P Gold Dollars for $6 each. Considerably over melt! I complained, got nowhere, still bought them. They had 1 $3,I don't remember the date (1878?), for $8. They made great gifts.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,443 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @HoledandCreative said:
    When I was in Beirut a few decades ago, I bought a few 1853-P Gold Dollars for $6 each. Considerably over melt! I complained, got nowhere, still bought them. They had 1 $3,I don't remember the date (1878?), for $8. They made great gifts.

    They usually used real gold of proper weight and fineness. They targeted gold dollars and $3's since they had the highest numismatic premium over bullion value.

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