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<p>[QUOTE="johnny54321, post: 701634, member: 13342"]<font face="Arial"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1863-SEATED-LIBERTY-SILVER-DOLLAR-NICE-TONED-CH-AU-RARE_W0QQitemZ350257732408QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item518cfcdb38&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1863-SEATED-LIBERTY-SILVER-DOLLAR-NICE-TONED-CH-AU-RARE_W0QQitemZ350257732408QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item518cfcdb38&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1863-SEATED-LIBERTY-SILVER-DOLLAR-NICE-TONED-CH-AU-RARE_W0QQitemZ350257732408QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item518cfcdb38&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial">A member of coin community asked about bidding on this coin, and I believe this coin is counterfeit, or AT at best. I think the coin was artificially toned in attempt to disguise the surfaces. The overall graininess on the devices, especially on the reverse eagle. But the "missing" dentical on the obverse 10 oclock is suspicious. I haven't seen that on a genuine coin before, but I'm not really experienced. Is that a counterfeit diagnostic?</font></p><p><font face="Arial"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Arial">What really nails the coffin door shut for me though is the date. It is haphazard and looks "hand cut". I compared it to several genuine certified ones in the heritage archive, and it is not even close IMHO. Opinions?</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnny54321, post: 701634, member: 13342"][FONT=Arial][URL]http://cgi.ebay.com/1863-SEATED-LIBERTY-SILVER-DOLLAR-NICE-TONED-CH-AU-RARE_W0QQitemZ350257732408QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item518cfcdb38&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]A member of coin community asked about bidding on this coin, and I believe this coin is counterfeit, or AT at best. I think the coin was artificially toned in attempt to disguise the surfaces. The overall graininess on the devices, especially on the reverse eagle. But the "missing" dentical on the obverse 10 oclock is suspicious. I haven't seen that on a genuine coin before, but I'm not really experienced. Is that a counterfeit diagnostic? What really nails the coffin door shut for me though is the date. It is haphazard and looks "hand cut". I compared it to several genuine certified ones in the heritage archive, and it is not even close IMHO. Opinions?[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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