Besides the no S mint mark, the rim and denticles on the obverse look wrong. But maybe it's just the lighting.
@Jack D. Young You said that someone offered these for sale at a friend's LCS...he didn't buy them, did he? God, I hope not.
I'm still here. Still playing this game. And because of members like you I'm expanding my knowledge base nicely. Unfortunately it doesn't allay my fears when making a purchase or placing a bid. As much as I think I know, I still know I know much less than I need to know. (Say that five times fast ). I hope that makes sense.
Ah. Well, they're back in the wild now going to some hapless collector online. Would have been better to buy them cheap as a learning tool.
I'd be interested to talk to that guy. It's funny that he just happened to "fall victim" to and own all those random fake coins and slabs. I could see having one in a collection. Not a collection of them. He might've been the one peddling them.
Whaaaat, you're saying the lighting is different between those two coin pix and they're the same coin? You can have the one on the left. I'll take the right one