A guy is a bit a drive away offering me these coins. I have no problem driving and meeting him but I am not sure I need to do that; the 1849-o $1 Gold Piece does not look right to me. I can't get a picture of the obverse to load right but I posted the reverse here. The size of the wreath and the font style/placement of "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" just sort of made me give the pictures a second look. Thoughts?
100% counterfeit. Letters too "fat" and uneven. Incorrect shape of mintmark; date misshaped; dentils too thin, etc.
While it usually takes both Obverse and Reverse to authenticate a coin. the Reverse on this one is bad, so no its not good
As a side note since the coin has already been dealt with, be careful meeting random people from the internet who know you are going to be bringing a good amount of cash with you.
Are there any authorities to alert that would take this seriously? Because he is just going to sell that "coin" to someone else, and they are going to be the victim of a crime.
I live in the Chandler AZ area and our local PD just made a section of their parking lot an Internet Exchange Safe Zone. It's right in front of their main lobby doors and I'm willing to bet there are tons of cameras focused on that area. That won't stop a crime, but it will certainly be conducive to a good investigation if something bad does happen. Their lobby is also open 24 hours a day so if you are having a high value transaction you could go inside.
Definitely a fake! No reason it could be real, mm and the dentils are a dead give away. Bad seller, here's a pic of his future, hopefully!!!
That has been a growing trend across the country and hopefully one that more departments will follow along with given the number of crimes that have occurred from these types of transactions. Coins are obviously an easy mark for those types of robberies, iPhones are another big one in a lot of places. It's about as safe of a place as you could possibly have to make the transactions. Most people with bad intentions will stop responding or try to change the location at the first mention of a police station.
