Well, its been polished harshly, dipped, artificially toned, re-dipped, maybe some sort of fire damage as well. That's a lot of work to artificially age a coin that was made in China likely within the last couple of years.
A few minutes ago I was tracking this e bay item it has 40 hits from 11 individuals and the price is 1877.00. I sure hope this isn't a china job. I forgot to see how much longer it's going to be on the blocks.
Hello Dean, With over 6 days to go the bid is up to $2600. It does not look correct to me and seems to be a rather weak strike, fake or not. J.T.
Man has money to buy coin like this but no money to send it to anacs at least? BS. We all know it's cleaned looking. But that coin needs certified. These bidders are idiots.
Yes, the bid is up to $4,738.89. I had one that had been lightly polished and recolored with something that looked like shoe polish when I was a dealer. I had it certified by the old ANACS which give it a straight grade. This thing looks bad, but it's hard to put a finger on it. If it is bad, they used a real one for the mold.
Over $5K now. The colors, surfaces, and strike make it unattractive to my eye but comparing it to a PCGS coinfacts specimen I don't see anything that makes me suspect it's not authentic. BUT I know nothing about the series so there's that...
Reputable seller - a few things look "maybe" but I'm not seeing it as a fake straight off, just something I'd like to assess in hand or submit to a TPG to assure myself on authenticity. It does look like a Details coin to me but these are as rare as hens teeth, so interesting to see if it grades straight. Really strong date and some big potential on this one. If I had the dough and didn't already have a 1916 (albeit a very low grade FR02 Damaged) I'd buy it on condition that seller sends it directly to PCGS, NGC, ANACS or ICG at my expense to confirm authenticity.
Anyone think it will go over $10k? I'm guessing $10,112 final bid, but I can see it stalling just below or at $9k. It looks like some of the bigger feedback buyers are interested. I'll wager it's in a graded slab within 90 days. I wonder if it's been slabbed before, maybe as a Details coin.
I can't believe that people are paying that much for raw U.S. coin with those kinds of problems. I know it's a key date, but with all the counterfeits floating around, one would think that these people would be concerned about that. I am leaning toward thinking that it's genuine, but "leaning" is not enough for me to shell out thousands of dollars. "Genuine" holders are out there. Why aren't these bidders demanding one?
I don't know, but if I was a bidder on this I'd make my purchase contingent on the seller submitting to one of the TPGs at my expense (and of my choosing) and it being certified authentic as a condition of sale.
