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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1388983, member: 6036&quot;]Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I must say this coin is not genuine.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a long story, but this coin isn&#039;t even close. For one thing, the many varieties of Period Two (1858-1882) gold fractional quarter dollars included the word &quot;DOLLAR&quot; in the denomination. There are very few exceptions, and this isn&#039;t one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also... the production of the OP coin is actually <i>too</i> good. Genuine Cal Fractions were not produced by the Mint; they were produced mostly by jewelers with little coining skill, no coining experience, and very primitive tools and conditions. The dies were very crude, and the coins reflect that.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin in the OP is a relatively modern trinket.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a link to a genuine BG-701 in a recent auction : <a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1159&amp;lotNo=9210" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1159&amp;lotNo=9210" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1159&amp;lotNo=9210</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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