Grade this Bust Half & is it a fake?

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• Cam40 Posts: 8,146 ✭

  July 17, 2008 1:39PM

  au58
  does it weigh 13.36 grams?

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• SirAnthonyAC Posts: 646

  July 17, 2008 2:29PM

  Yes, step one is weigh the coin.
  
  Secondly... can you post a larger more straight-on photo?
  
  There 'could' be a casting hole behind Liberty's neck but the coin looks extraordinarly sharp to be a cast.
  
  The starts look a bit flat... the stars should have some embossing to them and not be perfectly flat at that grade level, and the outer rim looks a tad high but, those features could just be due to the angle the coin was photographed from and shadows.
  
  I can't really see from the angle of the photo.
  
  Below is an authentic 1837 example for you to compare yours to...
  
  

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