Anyone else agree with me?

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For those who do not know how to find an item based on it's item number, here is the link to the listing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231350682701?ru=http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=231350682701&_rdc=1

 

So I can learn, what were your first clues that it was fake? What photos were added later and how did they confirm your suspicions?

Edit: NO ARROWS AT the DATE?!

 

I see nothing on that coin that screams fake to me, it looks real to me, maybe cleaned at some point though. I do not see any bubbles, or distinct problems with the features on the coin, it looks real.

Here is a photo of a known real seated half, and the ebay half.

http://www.coinlink.com/CoinGuide/images/ust_90.jpg
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTEwMVgxNDY4/z/mQsAAOSwY45UMHd7/$_57.JPG
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIyNFgxNDY4/z/zA8AAOSw8cNUMHe2/$_57.JPG

 

Has an genuine 73-S No Arrows been discovered?

This aside, yes.... I agree.

 

Here is a side-by-side of the mintmarks...



Edit: fake=left, legit from PCGS Photograde (dif't year, though)

 

I vote fake. No arrows.

 

Dougmeister's photo looks like pretty good evidence. I know mint marks flutter around on different dies, but that's ridiculous...

 

This lacking fool would take the coin as 'real'. A contemporary counterfeit Mike?

 

I don't think the seller knows it's a fake.

 

May I ask what date/mint you used as your genuine example?

 

Take a look at the Seller's 1881-S Morgan; it's a fuzzy photo, but also suspect in my opinion.

 

Mintmark is still bad, but not as far off as I thought. Here is a side-by-side with two dif't 1873-S *WITH* arrows around the date from Heritage (fake is in the middle):

 

Filled 'S', clear 'S'.

 

Without knowing any better, I chose an 1872 MS63 example from PCGS because it was from San Francisco. I posted some others just a few above this post from Heritage that I assume are legit.

http://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/#/Seated50/Grades

 

Personally, I would say that since no 73-S No Arrows are known, using (one of the two styles used for) 72-S was both a good a reasonable choice as that used on the 73-S Arrows was of a style not previously used.

 

Thanks. Lucky guess on my part. ;-)

SO much to learn...