There are, but that’s why ancients collectors take the time to learn authentication and how to spot deceptive practices (tooling, repatination,...
I always start with the date before PUPs for that very reason. I would recommend doing the same
I see the OP never responded with the exact tells that made it a counterfeit. I guess he became less confident when forced to think
I like dealing in a market where collectors pay what the coin is worth without the need for holders and stickers... [ATTACH]
That one might be the host coin. It is much sharper than every other counterfeit of this type I have seen. In particular, look at the sharpness of...
AND printed in 1776!
I voted 66. I don’t think in + grades
People like paying a premium for older holders because they often assume they were more-conservatively graded. In fact, most of those have already...
There’s so little variation between varieties that I often wonder why people go out of their way to pay $$$$ for rare late-date varieties. They...
Ah yes, my famous creepy Saserna. I’m glad more of y’all are getting some :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Why go headless when you can go bodyless??? ;)...
Neat cracks! Probably dipped or had a cleaning a very long time ago. Seated coins should not be light gray, and especially not glossy That said,...
I just go with smaller and more slanted
Low-grade coins get less scrutiny than high-grade ones. The counterfeiters and scammers take advantage of that fact
People have been known to take fakes/replicas and wear them down to lowball levels
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Nope. It is Chinese in origin. I believe the host coin for the dies was an 1847. @Jack D. Young [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Great minds think alike...
That is completely the wrong head and font style for an 1841. They weren’t used until 1843. And that’s without looking closer for other tells....
CAC ignores + and * designations. There’s been a push to make grades increasingly precise and people buy into it, but precision is not the same...
The perils of playing this game on a phone. I missed the marks at 7:00 on the obverse.
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