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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Frost, post: 3597841, member: 104981&quot;]Hi, John Frost here, Education Director for the Liberty Seated Collectors Club.&nbsp; Actually the LSCC confirmed this particular issue (1872-S Seated half) as a fake in December 2016, after it was brought to our attention by one of our members (that coin was PCGS AU55).&nbsp; Subsequently, Jack Young discovered the AU53 PCGS piece from the Summer FUN 2016 auction that didn&#039;t match any known 1872-S and sent me an email with a link to the auction result -- I confirmed it was a match to our counterfeit - same diagnostics.&nbsp; The LSCC published a special bulletin in January 2017 announcing the counterfeit (<a href="http://www.lsccweb.org/144-Supplement-Jan2017-BOLO-1872S-counterfeit.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lsccweb.org/144-Supplement-Jan2017-BOLO-1872S-counterfeit.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.lsccweb.org/144-Supplement-Jan2017-BOLO-1872S-counterfeit.pdf</a>).&nbsp; Both the PCGS AU55 piece (our specimen) and the AU53 (Summer FUN specimen - Heritage recalled it) were brought to FUN 2017 and shown to the grading services, auction houses, and dealers on the show floor to bring it to their attention).&nbsp; So, all four &quot;major&quot; TPG services are aware of this counterfeit.&nbsp; The PCGS AU53 example was removed from the holder.&nbsp; The AU55 is still in the holder, but is no longer in the PCGS database of certified coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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