Does this 1882 $3 Gold look real?

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• STONE Posts: 15,275 ✭

  November 13, 2009 10:48PM

  Looks polished if it's not the lighting.
  There's no immediate signs that I can see saying to me that it's a fake

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• PerryHall Posts: 46,891 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 13, 2009 10:49PM

  This coin looks like it has been harshly cleaned. This coin was heavily counterfeited by the Omega man counterfeiter. He marked his coins with a tiny greek letter omega within the upper loop of the R in LIBERTY.

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• darktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭

  November 13, 2009 10:51PM

  Hairlines everywhere. Details do look pretty soft.

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• segoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭

  November 14, 2009 12:22AM

  from the pics looks OK. something has been done to the coin, but that is a tougher date.
  
  Not a bad idea to get it in a holder.

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 14, 2009 12:44AM

  'Genuine'... Cheers, RickO

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• CaptHenway Posts: 32,791 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 14, 2009 1:10AM

  I can't tell from that picture.
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• BigRick Posts: 1,334

  November 14, 2009 1:12AM

  Shine it up & get it in a genny ASAP.

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• eggbone Posts: 615 ✭

  November 14, 2009 1:58AM

  Polished then cleaned?? Looks genuine, but....................
  
  

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• Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 14, 2009 2:36AM

  here's one in an anacs slab, for comparison
  
  

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• ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭

  November 14, 2009 2:47AM

  I don't see the mushy details you usually see in a fake, so if this is a fake it's a particularly well-made one. I wouldn't touch these things unless they were already certified authentic by one of the major TPGs.

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• kaz Posts: 9,280 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 14, 2009 4:52AM

  
  
  << <i>I don't see the mushy details you usually see in a fake, so if this is a fake it's a particularly well-made one. I wouldn't touch these things unless they were already certified authentic by one of the major TPGs. >>
  
  
  
  I agree. I also see a bunch of hairlines on the obverse, so whatever it is, it's been scrubbed.

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• coinkat Posts: 23,868 ✭✭✭✭✭

  November 14, 2009 4:58AM

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