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1854-"D" $5 offered by ah-collectibles on ebay

RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
Anyone care to take a gamble on this one? I certainly cannot make out the weak D on the picture. Not even an NTC slab to confirm it. There are some faint mintmarked pieces known, and even some in which the mintmark is truly not visible. Pass.

Is it Dahlonega...or is it Memorex?

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  • I don't see any mintmark there. CU price quote again with no slab. That drives me crazy.

    Cameron Kiefer
  • GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭✭
    That reverse pic appears to have been despeckled. Wouldn't touch it.
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  • Hey, it's an 1854 five d. coin and the d. looks strong to me!
  • TassaTassa Posts: 2,373 ✭✭


    << <i>We will not be held liable for any errors in listings. >>




    << <i> All sales over $100 are final or a 20% restocking fee will be accessed if item is returned within 7 days. >>



    With terms like those, why would anyone bid?
  • Danger Will Robinson!

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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    weak D, weak price. What's bid on an 1854-P?

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    You guys better watch it, maybe they will sell it to someone who gets it upgraded to boost ratings?--------------------BigE
    I'm glad I am a Tree
  • ccexccex Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭
    I'm proud to be on this seller's blocked bidder list, ever since I complained about ACG's inventtion of the 1901-S "weak S" 25c variety.
    "Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's Razor
  • hard to tell what's up when hager is auctioning something. could very well be a legit weak 'D' but also appears to be a salt water unc. that the piece is resonably well struck throughout excepting the mm makes it desirable IF it's what he claims.
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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For a "weak D", the reverse strike appears pretty strong. And I agree that the surfaces do not look quite right in the picture. Anyone who needs an example of why to avoid raw gold, especially on ebay, should be encouraged to view this one!
  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    The strike looks too good for Dahlonega. Also, he quotes a price of $2175, that is the AU price. For a piece actually in MS-62, it would be over $10,000. He knows exactly what he is doing. Scamming.

    Tom
    Tom

  • Looks like an 1854 with traces of where an added D fell off.
  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like an 1854 with traces of where an added D fell off. >>


    Still inside the ACG slab when it was cracked out image

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