1952 Washington-Carver Commem Real or Fake?

I found this on a non eBay auction site and the seller states it was deemed genuine by a person who supposedly attends most major coins shows each year. I think it is no good, what do you guys think?

 

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just ugly.

oops, that is the design.

 

I see no reason to think it's genuine, and even if it were, it would only be worth melt with all that damage. The stuff around the beginning of FREEDOM looks like casting bubbles to me.

 

Is the color as indicated in the photo~ golden? It is odd because the color balance of the background seems normal for white paper. If it is gold, then I would go the casting as JeffB said. Why someone would want a gold 50 cent piece is the question, but maybe plating bubbles, as I can see a gold plated 50 cent piece much more than a cast replica of a 50 cent piece.

 

I would think it was genuine just for the fact that there is no reason to ever fake one of these/

 

This is the sellers' photos. They did acknowledge that the coin may have been gold plated and does have a silver ring to it.

 

As a gold plated silver coin, it is worth what a person might give to use it symbolically ( jewelry, carry piece, etc.) or the melt of the 90% silver. The gold layer would be too thin to be worth while.

 

Ah, I just assumed they shot with the wrong white balance. Yeah, I can see this as a clumsily gold-plated genuine specimen. As @desertgem said, it might be worth something to that one particular person who's looking for this one particular item, but for the most part, it's worth melt.

 

Even if it was real I wouldn't pay over melt

 

Looks gold plated maybe.... Bad plate job?

 

Looks genuine after being ex-jewelry, polished and plated.

 

I saw an obvious fake Gettysburg 1936 Half on Ebay recently. Sometimes the fakes visually look so crude it's just obvious beyond a shadow of a doubt.

 

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probably genuine, then totally fudged up.

 

That's the most putrid Carver/Washington I've ever seen......

 

It looks genuine to me...just had a lot of damage done to it. I would pass.

 

Pass? I'd drive 50 miles the wrong way to avoid that one..........

 

I had no thoughts whatsoever on bidding on this coin. I just wanted to know what others thought of this horrible looking coin. Fake or genuine with serious problems.

 

LOL.

 

Check out the fake Gettysburg. I was horrified to find out someone paid $318.12 for the two of these:

 

That Gettysburg isn't even close