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<p>[QUOTE="coppercoins, post: 755639, member: 152"]Okay...first, the coin isn't worth grading, even if it is real. It's farr too gone in damage to be a valuable coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, it looks fake to me. The weakness in the strike, the sharpness in the rim, the shape of the mintmark - it's all just wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>My recommendation would be to send it in for certification as genuine to ANACS. If they send it back as genuine, I stand corrected. If they send it back as counterfeit, you will have something to back you up in getting a refund.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally would never consider a damaged key date coin. They are very difficult to sell, and are going to be valued from person to person on a very wide scale. One person may think they are worth half or double what the next person would say, and both would be correct.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="coppercoins, post: 755639, member: 152"]Okay...first, the coin isn't worth grading, even if it is real. It's farr too gone in damage to be a valuable coin. Second, it looks fake to me. The weakness in the strike, the sharpness in the rim, the shape of the mintmark - it's all just wrong. My recommendation would be to send it in for certification as genuine to ANACS. If they send it back as genuine, I stand corrected. If they send it back as counterfeit, you will have something to back you up in getting a refund. I personally would never consider a damaged key date coin. They are very difficult to sell, and are going to be valued from person to person on a very wide scale. One person may think they are worth half or double what the next person would say, and both would be correct.[/QUOTE]
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