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Message:: [QUOTE="Mark Metzger, post: 4670822, member: 86472"]So, get comfortable for a moderately long story. A local seller contacted me looking to sell his deceased fathers entire coin collection. We went back and forth and could never arrive at a number suitable to him. He had taken the collection to a couple local coin shops and got offers from them as well. The collection had a metric ton of mint sets and proof sets which I wasn’t particularly interested in. It did have a lot of old silver and Whitman. Oils that were of interest to me. The primary coin of interest was this 1865 seated Liberty dollar. Fast forward, the guy decided he would piece out the collection himself on eBay. He listed a few items right out the gate, including the 1865 dollar. He started the bidding at $425. I placed a curiosity bid at $425 with a max of $475. Auction ended and I was the only bidder. I have tried to do research into fake 1865 dollars and have found a few cheap Chinese fakes with really obvious fake digits. While this coin has some issues, unattractive album toning and plenty of wear and possible cleaning, I was wondering if anyone would care to weigh in on any red flags as to its authenticity. Here are some seller photos. I do not yet have it in hand. Thanks! [ATTACH=full]1151340[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1151341[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1151342[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1151343[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1151344[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1151345[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]