Deeply disturbing

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZrui_teixeira

Those are some scary pieces for sale.

 

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time to put on your blue cape and buy them all witht he superzaneman account

 

looks too good.

 

Please enlighten me. I looked at the 14-d dime. Looks cleaned and has some pitting to me. Looking to learn for myself on counterfeit identification. Thanks.

 

most looked cleaned to me.

 

now I'm no genieus, but something suspicious is going on here. I agree, it definintley looks too good.

 

I'm looking at the 1875 Seated Lib Dime. One thing that looks suspicious (beyond the fact the coin looks "too good") is the finning on the obverse from about 11:00 to about 4:00. (Finning is the thin raised metal along the outside of the rim. Finning is created when metal from the planchet flows into the small gap between the die and the collar when the coin is struck. While finning can occur in Business Strikes finning is more common in Proof coins because they are struck twice with higher pressure than Business Strikes. Counterfeiters sometimes compensate for weak details in their dies by striking their fake coins using higher pressure to bring out more details in their coins. This higher pressure can cause finning.

Finning alone is not enough to label this coin a counterfeit but it raises a red flag. But another thing also makes me suspicious. The ribbon on the shield should read LIBERTY but I can't make out any letters at all. The "writing" looks like gibberish. I don't like the looks of this coin at all.

 

I embossed it in Photoshop



looks like it does say Liberty.

but you should have to use a photo-manipulation program to tell.

 

9/10 coins with finning are fake i have seen so many soverigns that were like that one even had i love mommy on the rim. you can laugh about it if you like

 

not to mention that the poor fellow had lost his life savings buying those 6 gold coins that were fake. sadly a lot of people dont have a lot

 

That's my point - for Business Strikes, not Proofs.

 

Thanks, Mag. I wondered if it was something in the photo.

 

whatever happened to the green man

 

I'll post a link to these auctions on the CFe group for some other input.

 

Hobo's previous avatar, I believe.

 

wow maybe i should bid on some...

 

Thanks 4 the info on finning.

 

The OP Seller is known for polishing his coins and that is what makes them look weird. :kewl: I get his weekly newsletter so I see his stuff every week and it's always the same polished stuff. I can't remember what I've bought from him but it wasn't silver, it was copper, I just can't remember what it was. :goofer:

So I believe his stuff is authentic but highly polished. :whistle:

Ribbit

 

Tis death to counterfeit

Are there laws enabling State & Federal prosecution of people that sell counterfeit US money and consummate their business through the mails?

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