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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ThinnPikkins, post: 2310715, member: 32346&quot;]Well gold guys I need some advice. I just purchased a lot on ebay which included a 1910 indian head&nbsp; $5 dollar gold and a 1913 2.5 indian head gold both which look circulated (seller had blurry pictures, and I was taking a stab in the dark). If you know me and what I collect, gold is not really my strong suit so I do not own too much of it. I am working on getting some couterfeit and general gold literature to my house as we speak so I can school myself. </p><p><br /></p><p>Question is, can you guys determine genuine from counterfeit from the following pictures? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&amp;id=111863471493&amp;alt=web" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&amp;id=111863471493&amp;alt=web" rel="nofollow">http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&amp;id=111863471493&amp;alt=web </a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]465641[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]465642[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I ask is because originally the lot started off @ $600, which I thought was too overpriced for the coins in the condition they represent. Last night he lowered the price to $585 then a few hours later lowered it to $570. This morning I woke up and looked at the listing and seen he dropped the price down to $525. This had me thinking but I still was not comfortable with the price. I did somethings around the house and outside and returned to look 2 hours later. The seller had dropped the price by another $100 dollars to put the lot at $425 for both. I immediately bought it and figured by the time they get to my house I should have the resources and books on hand to determine genuine or counterfeit. With everything in life though a book can only prepare for so much, it is the hands on experience that allows you to master the art of anything. So in all this is why I am reaching out to some of the gold guys here for your expert opinions. The worry comes from the $175 price drop in less than 24hrs which makes me think he was either baiting the hook for a buy, or trying to get rid of counterfeits.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any advice would be appreciated. I plan on getting in gold (have been purchasing slabbed and unslabbed examples from people on this forum) so any help would be great![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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