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<p>[QUOTE="AirborneReams, post: 4963754, member: 114853"]Hello all,</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently listed this nice 1878 Massachusetts cent piece. Everything checked out with me from the weight and diameter and even the placement of everything on both obverse and reverse of the coin. I had a buyer contact me saying he believes that this is a fake because the lettering on the obverse is to sharp and there’s not enough wear especially around the edges. He said he doubts NGC would even grade the coin. I don’t care much for the grading but I did share pictures of the weight and other lower graded coins of this type with him and he still does not believe it. I do know a little of just the beginner of the colonials as I’ve only had a few but this may be my 2nd or 3rd Massachusetts. Before I go pulling this coin I would like to ask my fellow numismatic nuts, what do you guys think real or fake? [ATTACH=full]1193132[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1193133[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AirborneReams, post: 4963754, member: 114853"]Hello all, I recently listed this nice 1878 Massachusetts cent piece. Everything checked out with me from the weight and diameter and even the placement of everything on both obverse and reverse of the coin. I had a buyer contact me saying he believes that this is a fake because the lettering on the obverse is to sharp and there’s not enough wear especially around the edges. He said he doubts NGC would even grade the coin. I don’t care much for the grading but I did share pictures of the weight and other lower graded coins of this type with him and he still does not believe it. I do know a little of just the beginner of the colonials as I’ve only had a few but this may be my 2nd or 3rd Massachusetts. Before I go pulling this coin I would like to ask my fellow numismatic nuts, what do you guys think real or fake? [ATTACH=full]1193132[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1193133[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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