Chinese or Domestic?
Broadstruck
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What do y'all think 
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It's a fake, in my opinion.
``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5
collectors are a big group.
bob
a good indicator for a Chinese fake.
<< <i>This was on Ebay a month or so ago.
It's a fake, in my opinion. >>
Yes and was relisted about a week ago starting at $400.00.
The new listing was in my saved EBay searches I received during the night, but the auction was already dead when I checked it in the morning.
I am however curious if this is a US counterfeit
<< <i>I'm also on the Chinese side. Seems they have recently realized that the error
collectors are a big group.
bob >>
Like this one:
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The off center was positioned to show a date (think it was 1928-S, but am not sure after all this time), while the double strike was positioned to hide the date of the second strike. This was important because both the date AND the mint mark of the false die was different than the date AND the mint mark of the genuine host coin.
Would have been harder to prove if the die characteristics did not prove that the same die was used for both of the phony off-center strikes, but they were there.
Anyways, I could not say where this 1917 quarter error was made, but I STRONGLY suspect it was not in a U.S. Mint.
TD
<< <i>All the fakes coming out of China are UNC. This one isn't. I've owned a bunch of the Chinese "error coins" and this Standing Lib has a look not shared by the others. >>
I have seen recent Chinese fakes that have been heavily abraded and "antiqued."
TD
bob
<< <i>Made to look AU with chops. Not bad but a fake (PCGS said so, right Capt?)
bob
Actually, they said that they were unable to certify it as genuine. I'm not sure what that means nowadays. Back at ANACS we said something like that on the fakes, and said no decision when we were well and truly stumped as to authenticity.
Can we get a ruling from the Modulator as to what their nomenclature means?
TD