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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 160911, member: 66&quot;]You folks that are calling it an altered quarter had better learn to take a closer look at your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>He didn&#039;t mention the size but I would not be surprised to learn that it is the size of an Ike dollar.&nbsp; It is NOT an altered quarter, it is a complete fake/fantasy piece that is based on the design of a 1965 quarter dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears to be potmetal and not a silver alloy.&nbsp; The proportions of the bust are off slightly, I don&#039;t think the date font is right.&nbsp; On the reverse the eagle is too small compared to the size of the coin. (wings are too small and the tips are too far away from the rims.)&nbsp; The olive branches below the eagle are completely wrong.&nbsp; (Stems are straight instead of curved, leaf arrangement is complely different.)&nbsp; The word facsimile, meaning copy, is stamped in the field below the wings.&nbsp; I would say that it was almost certainly made before 1973 because it does not comply with the hobby protection act, and possibly before 1965 because of the difference in the date font.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case it is definitely NOT made any time around 1865.&nbsp; probably early 1960&#039;s.&nbsp; So it is a complete and utter fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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