There's only one day left and I'm not a bidder but what do you think happened to this gold piece if it's real? You can see that it's been in jewelry, but is it real? just asking http://cgi.ebay.com/USA-Classic-Hea...567477?pt=UK_Coins_USA_RL&hash=item53e3e2a6f5
I would never buy US coins from out of the country. Even if its the UK. As for the coin, I see some weird looking mushy places around the obverse. And over all, the whole coin looks weird. I vote counterfeit.
Interesting, some think it's fake and some think it may be real. That shows, that sometimes it's difficult to say from a pic and sometimes easy! Check out this example, what ya think? http://cgi.ebay.com/1921-Walking-Li...90?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item3a5f32c352
At that grade you are only looking at the gold content anyway so it does not matter... Walk, no run away and dont look back
Interesting, I would have suspected both of you to say the opposite. I think it's cast base metal that has been gold plated. There's plenty of marks that look like casting bubbles instead of contact marks, though contact marks certainly abound. And the area where it was soldered on the obverse there appears to be gouges down into the metal that show the base metal - as well as the remaining solder on the surface.
I think there are way too many contact marks there to possibly call anything a definitive casting pit. I see the area of discoloration you mention around the solder... The hole was possibly filled with a small piece of copper and then soldered (the solder looks like a brass based solder anyways)...also I have also seen gold discolor around soldered areas. I still feel this is a genuine coin.
IMO: The coin appears to be to be authentic. For one, I see nothing to suggest it's counterfeit -- I see a lot of contact marks and a bad hole patch job. Like Matt above, I don't see any casting marks either. Setting aside what we see, and thinking about it for a moment.... I can't for the life of me understand why someone would hole and wear a counterfeit coin long enough to get that many contact marks, then go through the trouble of fixing it. Assuming they would, and it looks too real to me to be a contemporary counterfeit (contemporary counterfeits weren't that good, judging those I've seen from other coins in the era), so the conclusion that the coin is real is strengthened in my eye. I'll vote real(ly bad) coin. Pass.
Even if it's real, it's not worth the $250 asking price. That thing looks like it's been run over by a train, a steam roller and a twenty mule team, and thats being kind. Guy
It's a 1/4oz of gold?? There's over $330 worth of gold in it regardless of condition. And yes, it looks genuine but worth only melt value.
Looks genuine to me. I've seen many a genuine gold coin looking that rough from having been mounted and polished to bits. It should be worth buying at a little bit over spot...
