Help please with standing liberty!

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by ryanbrooks, Jan 28, 2008.

  1. ryanbrooks

    ryanbrooks Active Member

    Help please with standing liberty! Urgent!!!!

    I just won this at the last second without looking it over a lot. (time was running out!:rolling:) Should I pay becuase it looks fake to me. What do you think? Also I payed 4.20 total, is that a good price?

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  3. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    In my opinion, even if you think it is fake you should pay. You placed the bid, you need to pay. But right off, I don't see anything that makes me think it is fake. What do you see that makes you think so ?
     
  4. ryanbrooks

    ryanbrooks Active Member

    Well, i dont know I just wanted to make sure becuase the date looks kind of funny. Is 4.20 a good buy though, or is it a bit too much?
     
  5. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    In all honesty I can't tell - it looks legit to me. I think on the reverse I see some hairlines, but that does not mean anything, maybe an old cleaning. If real then I think you did fine - and you should have time to pay, so wait for one of the experts to come along. Again it looks nice to me, but I do not know if it is legit or not.

    I seem to recall pictures with that little icon in the lower left, not sure what ebay seller that is, but it seems others around here have posted pictures like that. Seems like you got bit by the auction fever - just be careful. :)
     
  6. clembo

    clembo A closed mind is no mind

    Bidding fever

    The coin looks real to me although possibly cleaned.

    It was $4.20 and you bid so live up to your end of the deal. Seller did NOT force you to bid dude.

    Slow down, do some reading, learn.

    You can bid on ebay stuff all day every day. That date comes up all of the time so be patient.

    If I were the seller and you didn't pay I would really be PO'd. If you're not sure then DON'T bid. Real simple.
     
  7. Arizona Jack

    Arizona Jack The Lincoln-ator

    what am I reading???? you bid then ask others if you should pay?

    WOW
     
  8. AdamL

    AdamL Well-Known Member

    The coin looks fine, and 4.20 ain't bad. I'd pay the man either way.
     
  9. bqcoins

    bqcoins Olympic Figure Skating Scoring System Expert

    looks fine, but you bid you pay; make sure to do your research first
     
  10. Jhonn

    Jhonn Team Awesome

    Doesn't look fake, just well-circulated and probably cleaned. Like everyone else is saying, you bid, so you gotta pay. With the price of silver where it is, $4.20 is reasonable enough.
     
  11. Phoenix21

    Phoenix21 Well-Known Member

    Basically what everyone else said. Looks nice, only a little under 2x melt. Not bad, and looks like a nice coin. You bid, you won, the seller has every right to be paid IMHO. Becareful though in the future, don't be in a haste to buy anything. Can cost you a lot more than $4 in the long run.

    Phoenix :cool:
     
  12. Leadfoot

    Leadfoot there is no spoon

    Looks real...really cleaned.

    That said, GDJMSP is right, you have to live up to your end of the bargain.
     
  13. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    Sorry, but I have to agree.
    However, as an added note, if it does turn out to be a fake, then you made a real good deal.
    Contemporary fakes are very collectible and worth more than common dates like that.
    Still, what do you have at risk?
    Sunday junk silver was being bought (wholesale) at 10.8 X face so it is $2.70 in silver.
    You are risking say $1.50 for a neg?
    As they say in Brooklyn, forgeddaboutit.
     
  14. Cloudsweeper99

    Cloudsweeper99 Treasure Hunter

    When it tones/retones it should look fine for the price you paid.
     
  15. ernie11

    ernie11 Member

    Looks fine to me, too. The date doesn't look funny to me - it looks very well-defined, but then it should, being post-1924.
     
  16. Rhubarb

    Rhubarb New Member

    Yup! You bid you pay. Know your coins before you bid:hammer:

    Rhubarb
     
  17. Ed Goldman

    Ed Goldman coin collector

    Looks like a nice coin to me..
     
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