Find the FAKE contest (well, the contest itself is real)

Below is a scan, obverse only, of eight coins. In you post, state which (if any) of the coins are fake, by date.

Rules I can think of right now:
- one answer per member (please keep them all in one post)
- please answer by date, not 'numbers 1 and 3' or 'the Barbers', etc.
- the only acceptable non-date answer is 'none', or some variant of none that indicates that none are fake (zero, nada, etc.)
- first correct answer wins!
- contest ends when someone gets the correct answer, or the world ends, or CoinTalk goes offline, or I perish. There may be other circumstances that end the contest but I don't want to think of them right now.

The prize is a genuine bust dollar or a completely fake, but very nice looking bust dollar (for display purposes only) (my choice). I don't actually have a real bust dollar so a second (to yourself) guess might be if you will win a real or fake bust dollar...

Thanks for playing and good luck!

 

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They are all fake. Looking at some chinese sites that have fakes for sale, the amount of wear on the seated quarters match the ones in the Chinese fake's photos. The barber quarters have a sandy surface to them. I also see no luster present on any of these coins. Lack of luster on higher grade coins usually indicates a fake coin.

 

the 1870 (4th from the left)

 

I hate to do it, but from what little I can see, all are quite questionable, so I have to agree... even though the rest of what he said doesn't mean much.

 

All fake except the 1914 Barber.

 

Well, good luck with that Traci. I see a "hit" on the bottom of the neck that is common to both.

 

All are fake

 

THIS IS NOT MY ANSER!!!!
if they where all fake detecto would have won, however, he did not list the dates. and in the rules it says th only non date exeption is for none.
my guess coming soon.

 

One thing you'll notice with most Chinese counterfeiters... their master dies are made from genuine coins and only the dates are changed. Most of the identifying markers will appear on all dates of a particular series.

 

1914 & 1897

 

1873

 

1873,1897,1914 are the fakes.

this is my final anser.

 

Can I change my answer to say that only the 1872 seated liberty quarter is fake? Just noticed that the date looks weird.

 

All fake except 1914 and 1897 guessing by the rim

 

My guess would be the 1872

 

I will say "none".

 

I will say the 1897 Barber is fake. Thanks for the contest!!

 

I would have to say the 1923 and the 1870 are surely fakes the rest kinda iffy but I'll leave the fakes at those 2

 

1927,1919,1923,1870,1914,1872,1897,1873

 

The date of the 1927 SLQ seems to be on a raised background as with Type 1's, instead of the recessed background of a proper T3.
I'll say the 1927.