Dubious Trade Dollars

Ignore for a moment that this is a Chinese seller, but look at his coins. 4 Trade dollars and one Morgan, I don't know about the Morgan, but I have an opinion about the Trades. Link to seller's items:http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/wsxedc321012

 

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The '75-S date looks rounded at the edges , also mushiness on the feathers , also I never seen chop marks that actually bent the other side of the coin out , just my opinion but I think counterfeit .
rzage

 

Also some of the chop marks are the same on the front and back , why would they mark them more than 1 time . The 2 top wheat sheaths seam a little too strong compared with the others .
rzage

 

An honest ripoff artist?

 

What struck me about the 2 1875s was that they have terrible dentils. The 1877s looked better, but then I realized that the tips of the LIBERTY ribbon are pointing incorrectly.I agree about some of the mushiness. If a coin was chopped on a wood surface, there would be a bulge opposite. If on a stone surface, there would be design flattening opposite. Good point about that 'K' chopmark, on both sides. A merchant would have no reason to chopmark a coin twice! Nice pickup! The wheat sheafs look pretty well done, the problem I most often see is loss of detail in the stems, but that can also be due to lapping of the dies, and sometimes how the photo is lit, so I think of it as of lesser importance than dentils or stars.

 

You're right about the Liberty ribbons points , also see what you mean by the weak dentils they are bad compared to my '75 they're rel bad , but the ribbon is a sure marker for fake I would imagine so I'm gonna report them . Thanks .
rzage

 

this is like the same thread over and over again...

Ruben

 

$69 Starting bid on a '21 Morgan , so far only 1 bid on a '77 Trade dollar .
rzage

 

And they keep trying to flood our hobby with this crud . And it's not just Trade dollars it's every type and size and country .
rzage:headbang:

 

ZERO feedback..... I don't think so.

He hooked up with a buddy in China who said: "You can make a fortune selling to the unknowing Americans. One of them will buy it!!!"

Bruce

 

Looks like he sold one , the '77 I'm not sure but at least he doesn't have anything for sale ....yet .
rzage

 

the 2 77's and one of the 75's sold for $79 each. The others didn't sell.

 

Too bad , he'll be back , how did you tell they were sold ?
rzage

 

I looked up completed listings under that seller, using the advanced search feature.

 

I typed in completed listings by , and his # it came up no matches . ?????????????
rzage

 

Go to the eBbay advanced search feature, in the left hand column click on "items by seller" in the next page put the seller's name in the box and check 'completed listings only' then hit the search key.