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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikem2000, post: 1248017, member: 30574&quot;]Well,</p><p><br /></p><p>I think there is a good chance that the coin is authentic.&nbsp; First off, as someone has said, it looks to me like the Chinese Seller ripped off the photo&#039;s from the EBAY seller, not the other way around.&nbsp; It would be silly for the EBAY seller to use the same photos and exact same wording, it is like a smokin&#039; gun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone else mentioned the &quot;horizon&quot; which does appear different than the standard issue straight &quot;horizon&quot;, but if you look at a lot of trade dollars you will find some in all dates that seem to have that same exact &quot;horizon&quot; pattern.&nbsp; Here is an example of a worn 1877 PCGS certified coin that matches up exactly with the &quot;horizon&quot; on the OP coin.&nbsp; I chose this one since it is unlikley that a PCGS coin grade XF 40 would be counterfeited.&nbsp; There are other out there with this pattern in different dates.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIENTAL-Trading-1877-Silver-Trade-Dollar-PCGS-XF-40-/390334778986?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item5ae1c40e6a" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIENTAL-Trading-1877-Silver-Trade-Dollar-PCGS-XF-40-/390334778986?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item5ae1c40e6a" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIENTAL-Trading-1877-Silver-Trade-Dollar-PCGS-XF-40-/390334778986?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item5ae1c40e6a</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, you get what you pay for even in the world of counterfeit coins.&nbsp; I do not believe you can get a fake of that quality for 30 something bucks.&nbsp; If you purchased it, you would either get a very poor substitute or it is a total rippoff and you will get nothing, just lose your thirty bucks.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the same site there are more fake trade dollars for sale and they sell for over $200.&nbsp; So for that price you may get a realistic counterfeit&nbsp; I also find it interesting that these more expensive fakes seem to have the normal straight &quot;horizon&quot;.&nbsp; It would make sense then, that any counterfeit on EBAY would have the normal &quot;horizon&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller also seems to have a thriving EBAY buisness with outstanding feedback, I doubt he would jeopardize that for a few quick bucks</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the picture of the XF dollar with the non-straight horizon&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]134102.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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