Anyone know what's wrong with this one?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/257411940489

 

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I love these because I would probably buy it and want to know what you see. The denticles are really crappy.

 

First off, it ain't in a TPG holder. That signals Felix Unger to me.....

 

Are we still guessing? Looks "funky" to me. Like pot metal or some cast copy. I'm thinking from an eastern country.

 

It has been cleaned and I see clashing on the right side of the obverse next to the star at 3:30k or so.

Other than that I don’t know these dollars well enough to call it a fake. On pins and needles for your take…Spark

 

That's what I saw. The denticles look pretty funky. Although when I look at genuine examples the denticles look weird also.

 

Well, ETSY and Amazon are full of them

 

Other than that there is a 99% chance that it's a counterfeit, there's not thing wrong at all.

If it's real it's been cleaned to death in a way that is rather unusual.

 

Well, @Jack D. Young don't keep us in suspense...

 

So, US built and documented by the ANA; I own 2 as shown in my Indy Coin Show exhibit.



Coin Week article links as follows; seller did end the auction!

An "Authenticated" Counterfeit 1799 Bust Dollar | CoinWeek

 

1. The color
2. The price - the coin is at least a VF; a genuine VF-20 bids at $2200 for the 7x6 stars variety
3. The eagle's mouth shouldn't be connected to the star
4. It's counterfeit
5. EVERYTHING.

 

I have one of these fakes that I bought for educational purposes from Temu before they started potting "copy" on them. I think I paid $9 for it. I use it for a card guard when playing poker.

 

That one would probably get under the radar, @Jersey magic man, because the word, “LIBERTY” is conspicuously missing from the obverse.