1929 St Gaudens - Thoughts?

Here is a raw circulated 1929. I am checking it out tomorrow with all my handy tools including metal analyzer. Does anyone see any issues with the coin? The 9s look a little funny to me but could just be crappy photos. Thoughts?

 

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Your pictures are awful, but I'll say with 99.4% certainty that is a fake, and not really a good one. In hand, if you are familiar with St. Gauden's at all, that should be quickly apparent.

Genuine mint products are usually crisply struck. Look at the weakness in the feathers, Liberty's hair, and her outstretched arm. Look also at the speckled nature of it - I'd bet this was made with spark erosion rather than die transfer processes. The lettering is quite weak and out-of-character as well.

It may be real gold, and your fancy whiz-mo-dyne will tell you that.... but I'm quite certain it was not made in the US mint in 1929.

BTW, a genuine MS-62 of this date is worth ~$25,000....

Take a look here for a genuine example: https://coins.ha.com/itm/saint-gaud...1-6103.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

 

Thanks for the insight!

 

Terrible fake

 

She looks like she gained weight.

 

I agree with the others, this is a fake.

 

As said above, clear fake.

 

Show up to the meeting with an FBI baseball hat.

 

The coin date looks like the "19" and "29" were punched separately.

 

The obverse looks funky.

Pass

 

Even I look at those pictures and go, "Uh...something's not right". That's pretty bad.

Let us know what the metal analyzer says. My gut says if they were this sloppy in making it, that it is not real gold either.

 

I'm guessing it's weighs closer to 20 grams than 33.

 

Water retention...poor thing.

 

Already been stated and explained but without even scrolling down to see the obverse I could tell this coin was a fake. What immediately stood out was the area below the eagle, the suns rays should extend up into not stop short with that void there.

 

Fake.

 

Bad Bad Fake!

 

Like Elaine from Seinfeld said, "Fake, fake, fake, fake".

 

I guess the coin is NOT real and NOT spectacular.

 

ILM, was a priced discussed with the seller ? What did you say to him/her the next time you spoke to them ?