1885 cc fake or possibility of authenticity?

Does this scream too good to be true? Or is it possibly real? I'm sorry i don't have more material

 

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That is real... here's a picture for reference

 

You posted an 1887-O. Not much use when you are trying to scrutinise the OP of an 1885-CC. Different mint, different dies, different date

 

Doesn't matter... they're still the same coin in essence...

 

Discrimination comes from noticing the details and educating yourself about mintages, rarities and grades of the coins. If they were all the same in essence they would all have the exact same value and why would we collect them?

 

It looks fake but not sure can you weigh it on a scale did you buy it if so this is a mid $400-$600 coin with a mintage of 228,000 scarce hard to find cc morgan the details just don't add up a bad counterfeit in my opinion

 

In think that the "1885-CC" is bad. To begin, the two "C"s in the mint mark don't match. I have never seen that before. Second, the 1885-CC is really hard to find in the circulated grades. Most of all of the survivors are Mint State.

Here is an example of the real thing.

 

+1

 

Beautiful coin. I'd rather have that than one with all the colorized toning. Here is an1890 CC that is almost the same in grade and surface color.

 

Vam world lists 6 attributed Vams for 1885 cc. 5 have full coin images obv and rev to compare with
http://vamworld.com/wiki/1885-CC_VAMs

 

I voted fake, although I would rather have a choice of"probably fake". I don't like the shape of the letters and mintmark on the rev, and the obv has a granular look to it. larger images would help; too bad they aren't available.
After comparing the lettering on both sides with my coin(below) I'm convinced it's a fake. All sorts of problems with the lettering, which looks fat and bloated, among other things.

 

Did you click on the small photos? They get real big if you do.

 

Here is an 84 CC I have; don't own an 85.

 

Yes I did, but thanks for the suggestion. I just like them bigger. Old age, I guess.

 

Beautiful and amazing coin. Seems my t's do not match and my c's don't either.

 

Yes, and I have 2 microscopes to help me.

 

No, the same type. And not an authentic coin.


Not a real coin, sorry.
The reverse denticles are more like dots on the posted coin, while they are more rectangular on authentic morgans. The denticles and mm are the first places I look on these.

 

Some of the posts here are as bad as the coin in question. It’s most likely a counterfeit, as others have already stated.

@messydesk

 

Let's see

 

You always have to remember that you will get opinions (and free ones at that) on CT, and very new inexperienced members will chime in as well as people who know what they are talking about (don't include me, I've learned...).