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Page 1 of 2 1 2 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 10-26-2009, 11:18 PM   #1 (permalink) andopcamando Junior Member   Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 38 My Mood: Cool morgans and liberty $5 - beautiful What do you guys think of these? Hopefully the picture quality is good. Thinking about getting them graded, but I'm not sure if it's worth it. Not sure if they're a 63, 65, PL, or DMPL. No clue. Hints would be nice. In person they look even better. Last edited by andopcamando; 10-27-2009 at 12:10 AM.   10-27-2009, 12:56 AM   #2 (permalink) andopcamando Junior Member   Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 38 My Mood: Ahh I'm so bored. Anyone want to guess some grades?   10-27-2009, 11:38 AM   #3 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 23,512 To be honest the pictures are kind of blurry and it is impossible to judge the coins based on them. But from what I can see in the pics it looks like the coins are circulated. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   10-27-2009, 11:42 AM   #4 (permalink) jello Numismatist     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,842 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by GDJMSP To be honest the pictures are kind of blurry and it is impossible to judge the coins based on them. But from what I can see in the pics it looks like the coins are circulated. I agree.do you have a photo editor? that my help your photos __________________ no one right 100% of the time ***The only dumb question is the one not asked***   10-27-2009, 11:48 AM   #5 (permalink) Tater Coin Collector     Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Utah Posts: 1,623 My Mood: From the photos I'd almost say polished, but I think it is just the glare. I like the gold though. __________________ Roll Searching Since July 2007 2310 rolls halves 125-40% halves 30-90% halves   10-27-2009, 12:35 PM   #6 (permalink) LostDutchman exsisto magister     Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,169 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 That was my first thought... the gold piece looks highly polished. __________________ Matt Dinger Lost Dutchman Rare Coins   10-27-2009, 02:58 PM   #7 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,668 Maybe it's just the images/lighting, but the gold coin looks counterfeit to me and the dollars look as if they have been polished.   10-27-2009, 03:05 PM   #8 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,668 Quote: Originally Posted by LostDutchman That was my first thought... the gold piece looks highly polished. I'm guessing that it's not polished, but rather, a prooflike counterfeit.   10-27-2009, 07:34 PM   #9 (permalink) andopcamando Junior Member   Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 38 My Mood: Interesting. To me when I look at them, they look really nice. Could it be the photo or did we get ripped off?   10-27-2009, 07:46 PM   #10 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,668 Quote: Originally Posted by andopcamando Interesting. To me when I look at them, they look really nice. Could it be the photo or did we get ripped off? It's possible that it's the photos, but I strongly doubt it. How much did you pay for the items and how were they represented to you? Who was the seller?   10-27-2009, 08:30 PM   #11 (permalink) andopcamando Junior Member   Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 38 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Mark Feld It's possible that it's the photos, but I strongly doubt it. How much did you pay for the items and how were they represented to you? Who was the seller? Thats the thing, my dad bought them from some California company advertising them in the paper. We live in Minnesota. He bought them about 15-20 years ago for somewhere between $750-1,000. Although I give him credit, he bought the 2006 $50 gold buffalo proof for $800. Good stuff.   10-27-2009, 08:50 PM   #12 (permalink) johnny54321 aspiring numismatist     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Edwards, CA Posts: 1,123 My Mood: Quote: I'm guessing that it's not polished, but rather, a prooflike counterfeit. Do you think it is a gold fake? One thing that you can do ando is weigh and measure the coin and compare against mint specifications. If the weight and dimensions are correct, it is probably made of gold. If that's the case, it almost wouldn't matter if it was fake or not, since the coin is really worth melt if genuine. If the weight is off, then you will know right away that it is fake. __________________ Why do engineers get Christmas and Halloween confused? Because DEC 25 = OCT 31   10-27-2009, 08:59 PM   #13 (permalink) andopcamando Junior Member   Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 38 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by johnny54321 Do you think it is a gold fake? One thing that you can do ando is weigh and measure the coin and compare against mint specifications. If the weight and dimensions are correct, it is probably made of gold. If that's the case, it almost wouldn't matter if it was fake or not, since the coin is really worth melt if genuine. If the weight is off, then you will know right away that it is fake. Cool cool. Well, I'm going to a coin shop tomorrow after work and I'm going to have them check out the coins and get their opinion on whether or not any should be graded which is what I should have done in the first place. lol. I'll let you guys know the results tomorrow. Last edited by andopcamando; 10-27-2009 at 09:06 PM.   10-27-2009, 09:26 PM   #14 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,668 Quote: Originally Posted by johnny54321 Do you think it is a gold fake? One thing that you can do ando is weigh and measure the coin and compare against mint specifications. If the weight and dimensions are correct, it is probably made of gold. If that's the case, it almost wouldn't matter if it was fake or not, since the coin is really worth melt if genuine. If the weight is off, then you will know right away that it is fake. Perhaps, but I have no way of knowing from the images if it's made of gold or not.   10-27-2009, 09:32 PM   #15 (permalink) andopcamando Junior Member   Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 38 My Mood: Question. What do you guys think?   Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. 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