Does this 1937-D three legged Buffalo look genuine?

I saw this coin on eBay and have some issue with it being genuine. It appears to have the stream beneath the belly marker but the mint mark seems off. Shouldn't the D slant more to the left. Also the font appears a little off.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/352767766624

 

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I think it looks genuine. There is a glare right where the hoof of the missing leg is, so that diagnostic is not useful.

 

I agree with the glare making it difficult to clearly see the details of the mint mark. It is well struck like genuine three leggers and is an attractive coin. I don't see much in the way of nicks and blemishes that would keep the grade lower than MS 64. I always try to take the cautious road when bidding on a coin like this that could be worth several thousand. Plus the seller has no track record.

 

It looks good, it's peeing and rear leg looks moth eaten....seller 0 feedback no thanks!

 

If it is a fake, its a fairly good one, but I would pass based on the obverse since the reverse is hard to see. The 3rd feather middle in the ones I have ( 5 graded ) are almost completely gone ( light edges) in the areas highlighted, but I can see parts of the design in the advertised one. The break in the neck also doesn't seem right.

Jim

 

Thanks for your analysis. I'm always suspicious of raw, valuable coins. If I had owned a coin like this I probably would have sent it to a TPG to at least have an expert evaluate it. Then if I decided to sell it buyers would have confidence to bid on it; especially if I had no seller track record. The seller also has a 1922 no D, strong reverse cent for auction in mint state condition. I saw several red flags with that coin. I used to own a very nice XF example and spent a lot of time researching all of the markers.

 

Garbage usually travels in groups fortunately. Any time I see a dealer with one suspicious coin, I stop trying to convince myself the others could be real.

 

I am better at the Lincolns than Buffalos, The 1922 obverse looks genuine, but if you look really close, you can see that the 2 reverse pictures do not match each other.
There are 2 photos that were taken from the internet and a third that is probably the reverse of the counterfeit he will deliver. That's why one photo doesn't match the other 2 in style.
I will try to do something about it. If anyone can match any of the seller's pics to something found on the internet, it would help a lot.

This is a start.
https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m87...bVk93bJ8THU6Bnm3BIbajGjYXDMUb9yIaAk0NEALw_wcB

 

IMHO, If a 'DEAL' seems to good to be true...IT AINT! (Especially w/ 0 Feedback profile)
Caveat emptor,
JT

 

Top bidder has zero feedback too ...
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"0" feedback; he/she has 4 exemplary coins for sale, all of which are raw. When was the last time you saw a legitimate seller with 4 raw coins of this quality, with virtually no history?

 

In his description he even calls it a Lincoln Memorial cent.

 

It looks genuine, but it also looks to be polished, which might be why it isn’t certified. Having handled a few of these, all the examples I have seen were frosty, not bright like this one.

The die state was created when the mint tried to scrape off rust that had formed on both dies. It does not seem logical that any of the coins would have had a finish like this.

 

I was thinking whizzed with the given images.

 

If the four coins up for sale by this seller were certified by one of the top TPG's, they would sell for big $. Why on earth would someone not make that happen??? If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...…

 

0 feedback. At least he is allowing returns. Run, don't walk. These are not rare. You can find others. GC has one or two uncs up for bid now.

 

Yes, the three legged Buffalo is not rare at all. When I was dealer, if you could buy nice Mint State one for $1,100, you could flip it fast for $1,200, and there were plenty of them around. You only had to watch out for the fakes, and there were some of them.

 

When I'm at a coin show and someone tells me '37-D 3-leggeds are rare I ask them to go see how many they can find on the bourse. Same with '16-D Mercs. Then I ask them how many 1916 SLQs there are. I tell them, that is what rare means.

 

I see it sold for $1025.

 

Someone new is going to join tomorrow and say something like: "Hey, I'm new to coin collecting, but I just acquired this very rare 3 legged Buffalo, what do you think & what's it worth?"