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Spanish Trail--how would you grade it?
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Are you sure it's even real? Look at the area around each letter of "HALF".
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Counterfeit
I bought it from someone who won the PCGS grading competition many years ago and will have to return it to him; Icg identified it as questionable authenticity. It would never fool the pros on this forum.
It's an obvious counterfeit.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
90 - counterfeit. RGDS!
I've never seen one of these before.
Looking at the PCGS page on it, it's clear.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1935-50c-spanish-trail/9376
Horrible counterfeit
One on eBay—$16.00
I like it for that price. it’s been on my watchlist for months.
Like many prior said, I grade it counterfeit
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
Either the person you purchased it from isn't telling the truth that they won the PCGS grading competition or they aren't telling the truth that they thought it was a legitimate US Mint piece. That thing is bad all sorts of ways.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Mushy as heck, typical mass produced transfer die forgery.
I’ll be the first to give it a go. A solid MS63. Too much chatter on the high points for a 64 IMO. But unfortunately, it is counterfeit.
I like that the counterfeiter forgot the tilda in NUNEZ. For me, that was probably the quickest tell on its illegitimacy.
Here’s what a real one looks like:
Steve
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
I guess one could grade it "UNC details" but it's obviously fake.
On the web: http://www.earlyus.com