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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lawdogct, post: 281629, member: 1476&quot;]I am by far no expert on older US coins, but here&#039;s my take.</p><p><br /></p><p>After 207 years, its hard to tell what&#039;s &quot;natural&quot; wear and what&#039;s not, at least from your pictures.&nbsp; I also am in the camp of &quot;it just doesn&#039;t look right&quot;.&nbsp; You said the dealer was known to have sold some manipulated coins.&nbsp; The hair ribbon looks like it may have been tooled some.&nbsp; If it&#039;s a genuine coin, I&#039;d say its been tampered with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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