1875 S Trade Dollar, need help...

Hello everyone!
Like i said in another thread, i am assembling a Dansco 7070 Type set, now, i have the chanche of buying this 1875 S Trade Dollar, but I need help to determine if it is authentic, or not.
The top images, with the black bottom, correspond to the coin in sale.
The images that appear below, correspond to a Trade Dollar Type Two Reverse, Large S, taken from Heritage page.

Really it will estimate the help of the experts in these beautiful coins !
Many thanks!

 

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Could you post an image of the coin that hasn't been split up. On first glance, it looks cleaned.

 

Yes!

 

Looks real to me. It would look great in a Dansco. Like most Trade dollars, it was cleaned at some point in it's life.

 

First one has the leaves on the olive branch doubled. Other than looks harshly cleaned I'm 91.73% good with it.

 

Looks authentic, based on the proportions and the position of the devices. Lettering and mint mark look good. The cleaning is absolutely brutal--very harsh--the reverse has been brutally cleaned mechanically I would pass on this coin, as the cleaning is so harsh--the reverse looks really bad. Same goes for the right side fields of the obverse--looks like the coin was actually dug into by whatever tool was used for cleaning--probably a whizzing. Even for an album coin, I'd avoid it.

 

T-2 Reverse!

 

Definitely a type 2 reverse.

 

Just noticed that the "s" in DOLLARS is about gone ???

 

Sorry for pun > it does look from the photo their is a faint "s" after DOLLAR>

 

I don't like the denticals on the reverse especially at the 6:00 area. This is a feature the Chinese tend to have a problem with. Note on the Heritage coin the denticals are strong and well formed all the way around on both obv and rev.

 

Unless it's really a good deal melt money I wouldn't buy it.

 

If you want to be sure it's an authentic coin and not cleaned, buy a slabbed one and crack it out...

 

That is because the coin has been so harshly cleaned. Doesn't look Chinese to me--just looks like routine scrubbing of a common date Trade Dollar, so as to render it worthless.

 

LETS SEE WORTHLESS, TO WHO ???

 

It looks real to me but , Like Conder said the dentils bother me too , and what looks to me like porosity on the reverse . If it is a fake it's a darn good one as everything looks right on . Can you weigh it ?

 

... to any serious coin collector?

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=371184999719

BINs on eBay:
VF30 NGC $200
VF35 PCGS $275
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Why even look at a raw & cleaned coin?

 

You all make me Laugh!

 

1875-S trade dollar SEMI-KEY !! BETTER DATE !!

Let's have a look at some facts:

T$1 1875 = mintage 218,200
T$1 1875-S = mintage 4,487,000

PCGS price guide 1875 AU55 = $1.350
PCGS price guide 1875-S AU55 = $465

True. So funny...

 

I guess it is "better" to own a common date?