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<p>[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 3663361, member: 59677"]Be careful... if the collector doesn't think it's genuine, why is he willing to buy it as scrap gold? Yes, there are a lot of fakes out there. Some old, pretty bad ones made for jewelry and modern, high quality fakes too.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Overall the $1 doesn't look bad but need a better sharper photograph to compare the details. Is it worth spending $30 to have ANACS authenticate it and sell it for $300 vs. scrap at $75?? For the $3, $150ish scrap, 700 or 900 as a coin...</p><p><br /></p><p>This is something you can start to do, compare, carefully, detail by detail against known good:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1849-g-1-no-l/7501" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1849-g-1-no-l/7501" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1849-g-1-no-l/7501</a></p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1874-3/7998" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1874-3/7998" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1874-3/7998</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Check the shape of the stars, the digit punches, the lay of the hair.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the $3 has been polished - but that's also done to hide the fine details of a counterfeit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 3663361, member: 59677"]Be careful... if the collector doesn't think it's genuine, why is he willing to buy it as scrap gold? Yes, there are a lot of fakes out there. Some old, pretty bad ones made for jewelry and modern, high quality fakes too. Overall the $1 doesn't look bad but need a better sharper photograph to compare the details. Is it worth spending $30 to have ANACS authenticate it and sell it for $300 vs. scrap at $75?? For the $3, $150ish scrap, 700 or 900 as a coin... This is something you can start to do, compare, carefully, detail by detail against known good: [URL]https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1849-g-1-no-l/7501[/URL] [URL]https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1874-3/7998[/URL] Check the shape of the stars, the digit punches, the lay of the hair. I think the $3 has been polished - but that's also done to hide the fine details of a counterfeit.[/QUOTE]
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