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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7885075, member: 10461&quot;]The latter, I suspect.&nbsp; Possibly a real coin (looks convincing enough to me), but with the date altered.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the question is &quot;why&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>The work looks reasonably well done and deliberate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wild speculation: was this done in the 19th century by a collector who was born in 1853 and wanted a coin from his birthyear, but could not find an 1853 large cent for some reason?</p><p><br /></p><p>OK, yeah, that is a pretty farfetched scenario, since the 1853 large cent is a very common date.&nbsp; Hmm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then again, I suppose it <i>could </i>also be a more sophisticated modern Chinese counterfeit.&nbsp; They&#039;ve been known to do pretty convincing work but make silly blunders with &quot;impossible&quot; dates like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>But aside from the softness of the details (which <i>could</i> be wear or <i>could </i>be a hint of a modern counterfeit), it looks pretty convincing to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>*shrug*</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting item, whatever it is.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Edit- </b>I just read the replies from the folks who pointed out that bit about the top of the 3 being smaller and resembling the way the final 8 was rendered on 1858 coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I concur- it&#039;s a real 1858 Flying Eagle cent that had the final 8 altered (with some skill) to resemble a 3.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;why&quot; question remains, but I suspect we&#039;ll never know the answer to that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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