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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LostInTime, post: 3300993, member: 100570&quot;]Hello, I&#039;ve been a collector, off and on, for 30 years now. Recently I acquired some coins from my grandfather from a collection that had belonged to his father. These coins were not purchased, but were acquired during the depression. My great-grandfather owned a small grocery store in Milwaukee (which he ultimately lost) during the 20&#039;s and 30&#039;s. People would bring all kinds of oddities in looking to trade for supplies, and he would put coins of interest aside. Some pieces are pretty interesting (including an old Kushan I can&#039;t quite naildown, c.125 ad ?) but nothing news worthy.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there is an 1877-s trade dollar in the collection. I&#039;ve looked into it a bit and the coin has the correct obverse and reverse dies (type 2). It isn&#039;t claiming to be anything rare or special e.g. CC mm. It&#039;s surface looks good with no raised bumps/dots anywhere that might indicate casting. It&#039;s fairly worn though, based on the images found at PCGS:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/Trade/Grades" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/Trade/Grades" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/Trade/Grades</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I would grade this a VG08. The reason I&#039;m posting this is to get some advice on whether or not to send to TPG for authentication. It&#039;s been in my family for roughly 90 years (just sitting in a box).</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you guys think...real or fake? If you think it&#039;s fake please explain why. If it&#039;s likely the genuine article, should it be authenticated, as I&#039;m not planning on selling, just passing it down to my son. No big deal really, if it&#039;s a fake I&#039;ll just add it to the counterfeit collection along with the Henning etc...</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for your comments...[ATTACH=full]874452[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]874453[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]874454[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]874455[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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