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jaikno66

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USA COIN REAL OR FAKE?
« on: October 14, 2012, 08:13:49 pm »
I was given this 1859 usa coin by a friend,he beived it was a fake but hes not a coin dealer or coin collector.Im just intrested to know if its real or fake. thanks sorry about pics hard to get good one.
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR RAKE?
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2012, 08:20:19 pm »
I'm too tired.... ;)
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR RAKE?
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2012, 08:40:40 pm »
Ok so it's supposed to be a seated liberty dollar, first id try sticking a magnet to it to see if it is silver., is there an S under the eagle??
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR RAKE?
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2012, 08:46:35 pm »
im gonna say its fake right off the bat, but it might be silver so worth a few bucks. it kinda stinks like a 1916 double eagle I came into a few months back, right off the bat I figured it was fake which it was however it was still 31.1 grams of 24kt gold which lined my pocket quite nicely LOL. it was a copy made in Libya in the 1970's, no mint mark but i love that they still used 24kt.
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR RAKE?
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2012, 10:15:55 pm »
No there's no S.
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR FAKE?
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2012, 02:36:13 am »
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR FAKE?
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2012, 06:07:04 am »
Use the macro setting on your camera and good light and see if you can take a less blurry pic !!
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR FAKE?
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2012, 04:30:01 pm »
Have got better pics up now,so is it defantly a fake?now the pics are better you should be able to tell me straight away thanks
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR FAKE?
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2012, 04:40:20 pm »
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR FAKE?
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2012, 05:00:49 pm »
Yes Ive had a look on google and mine looks the same as them all but I still want to know if its real or fake? If it's real these are worth quite abut of money
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR FAKE?
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2012, 05:14:54 pm »
Quote from: jaikno66 on October 15, 2012, 05:00:49 pm
Yes Ive had a look on google and mine looks the same as them all but I still want to know if its real or fake? If it's real these are worth quite abut of money
Well, I don,t know if its a fake anymore than if it is real....but you still want to know....one way or the other...well all we can do on here is give you our opinions...some have said its fake whilst others have,nt....may i suggest you toss it up in the air, ..and let it land, if it lands eagle up its real, ..eagle down, ...chuck it in the bin....
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR FAKE?
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2012, 05:38:09 pm »
Am going to take it to a coin dealer tommoro so hopefully it's real
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR FAKE?
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2012, 05:56:51 pm »
Value would depend on how it grades !! I don`t see anything on yours that says fake right off the bat !!  Coins that are faked will not be as worn as yours is , and would have to be worth quite a bit for someone to risk a federal charge and jail time !! Likely its a real coin !! Where did your friend get it ??
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR FAKE?
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2012, 11:04:49 pm »
It might be real, with the first pics you couldn't see the hash marks around the edge, it looked smooth. but with these pics who knows lol!! i hope it is real!!
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Re: USA COIN REAL OR FAKE?
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2012, 11:27:09 pm »
It looks real. But like other have said, better pictures would help. A numismatist is going to be your best bet. They usually don't charge in they have a store. Usually.
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