Traded Dollar 1879

trying to figure out if this is real or fake my friend sent me a couple pictures of the coin.

 

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Im gonna say fake. Surfaces, color, and details look wrong to me.

 

Fake.

 

yes, fake

 

Just making sure my friend wouldn’t get cheated.

 

Fake. 1879's were Proof only. This one isn't silver - it's a Chinese knock-off.

 

I saw Bugs Bunny use this coin in a cartoon.

 

Indeed. Even ignoring the date and simply looking at the overall "coin" (lack of a better term) should be enough for anyone potentially interested to reject without question.

 

Someone try to sale to him for $500 dollars.

 

This one imho is a bad fake ...

 

And is really a fine example of why knowledge is so incredibly important if one is considering buying such coins, particularly if raw or from unknown sources.

 

Yikes. Fake. The lettering is atrocious. Looks like it says UBECTY instead of Liberty.

 

yeah I told him it was fake was just making sure I was right being a young collector. I know yall old timers have helped me a lot

 

Sorry i should of said elders

 

I forgot what we were discussing.
Carrots.

 

I'm going to sound like (no, I'm going to be one) a jerk about this.

We have someone (the OP's friend) who is strongly considering spending $500 on something he obviously knows absolutely nothing about, and is not even willing to do any research whatsoever except "ask my friend who knows coins", and (not to attack the OP), but that coin friend is not (or doesn't seem to have) enough numismatic expertise in Trade Dollars to answer the question without having to research it himself (kudos to the OP for that).

If this friend would spend about 6 minutes doing his own research, he would have not only known that this is a poor fake, but probably learned enough to get him started in the right direction if he's interested in obtaining a nice Trade dollar. And found the resources to verify authenticity, condition, and value (all to a point) of his next potential purchase.

I would have just shook my head had the OP's friend bought this coin, and came on here bragging "Look what I bought!"

People will spend weeks researching which is the best TV/refrigerator/phone etc., all of which have limited life, and nothing but depreciating value, but look how many don't do 1/10th the research in coins? That's evidence by the number "unsearched" rolls of cents are sold on a weekly basis on ebay.

 

Difference being the TV/refrigerator/phone ect people know what they buy will be there's and there generally is no opportunity to make money. The chance at a great "deal" or to get something "cheap" where they would make money blinds a lot of people