Are these the same coin?

ajaan · June 21, 2008 6:05AM

From just the reverse, do you think these are the same coin?

satootoko · June 21, 2008 6:13AM

Different lighting makes it hard to tell, but I think I see some scratches on the one on the left that aren't on the other one.

ajaan · June 21, 2008 6:23AM

Obverse

1960NYGiants · June 21, 2008 6:23AM

I think not the same.

ajaan · June 21, 2008 6:33AM

This is the coin I won yesterday on Ebay. It arrived today, it was mailed from Niagara Falls, NY.

I think the seller did the old switch-a-roonie on my. The reverse of the coin I received is not the reverse of the coin in the auction IMO.

Here's the auction eBay

IstilllikeZARcoins · June 21, 2008 6:40AM

Two different coins I'm afraid.

Aethelred · June 21, 2008 6:48AM

I have no doubt these are NOT the same coin.

BS · June 21, 2008 6:59AM

It's very hard to tell with the photos but I think they might be the same. Looking at the rev. both coins seem to have a
problem near the rim at 4 o' clock and the the wear on the maple leafs looks the same.

theboz11 · June 21, 2008 7:13AM

I have to go along with BS. the small white spot by the upper leg of the E in ONE, the white spot in the maple leaf at 4 oclock, the marks below the T in cent and the maple leafs are the same. The poor pictures don't help, but they look close enough to be the same.

CIVITAS · June 21, 2008 7:43AM

I think they are the same. The mottled spots between VICTORIA and DEI and GRATIA appear the same. Also the crud in the legends appears greenish in the seller's scan, but appears to match placement with the black in your photo. Also, the rim issue noted by Brett does seem the same.

The joys of heavy pixelation......

Aethelred · June 21, 2008 7:50AM

I don't think so, there appears to be more wear on the obverse of the one in the eBay picture.

Hussulo · June 21, 2008 9:07AM

They are very similar, but I'm going to agree with Aethelred and the others and going by the pictures only, that I think they are not the same.
It is hard to tell and the ebay pictures are blurry, but the one in ebay looks more worn.
I've highlighted the areas where I believe there seems to be extra wear:

Edited to add:
Going of the toning they could be the same and the blurred picture could account for the "wear" I'm seeing.
If I had to take a guess, I'd say the picture on the right is the coin you perhaps purchased on ebay and the picture on the left is your pictures of it?

kuhli · June 21, 2008 12:07PM

The 9 in the date looks totally different to me. But what do I know, I am half-blind.

RareBronzeCollector · June 21, 2008 6:14PM

I suspect that they are the same coin, just photographed under different lighting and at a different angle........

Bjorn · June 21, 2008 9:45PM

They may actually be the same... note the letters on the Ebay picture are much squatter and wider than in your picture... this may account for the 9 appearing wide.

ajaan · June 21, 2008 10:10PM

<< <i>The 9 in the date looks totally different to me. >>

The 9 determines whether it is a $2 coin or a $40 coin.

IstilllikeZARcoins · June 22, 2008 12:51AM

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<< <i>The 9 in the date looks totally different to me. >>

The 9 determines whether it is a $2 coin or a $40 coin. >>

I'll give you $1 for it.

Are these the same coin?

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