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rusted dies or cast fake?

darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
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Well it looks like I bought another fake $1 gold. Please let me know your opinions on it. thanks mike
    close up of reverse
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        braddickbraddick Posts: 25,131 ✭✭✭✭✭
        Wow, good point. It's difficult without seeing the rest of the coin but those raised (casting?) bubbles are suspicious.
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        darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
        Here's a picture of a 1884-o morgan dollar with rusted dies.rusty dies
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        lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
        Can't tell from the pics.
        The 1853 was heavily counterfeited, don't know about the 1852-O.

        Ray
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        dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
        sharpness of the details appears valid in the image. i think you're ok. rusty dies are an extremely common characterstic of gold, & being a softer metal, it tends to (1) show more readily and (2) the dies would hodl the defects longer. note that few nickel coins show such rust pits.

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