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<p>[QUOTE="fretboard, post: 681445, member: 19765"]My feelings exactly. I will go back there and talk to the owner b/c I really think the coin is fake. Of course I will look up the proper weight and go there armed with the right info. </p><p><br /></p><p>The front of the coin looks good, the BLP or whatever lettering that's on the front under the Indian is there and looks right. The only thing that doesn't look right is the spray paint looking toning job. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully I figure out my camera so that I can take a pic of it. The copper spray painting just bugs me to no end. The toning part doesn't look like toning at all, it looks like someone spray painted the gold coin with copper paint. </p><p><br /></p><p>The man I was talking to has been there forever and he must be around 70yrs old. I don't think that jewelry is his forte b/c I've bought a couple of rings there before and he isn't their jeweler. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, I will find out more, and more will be revealed at a latter date. I've included a pic of a fake and the E Pluribus Unum has the exact same open blocked type lettering as the coin at the pawn shop. The difference is the top line going across on the E is crooked. If the coin is real then it has a error which I think would be rare, anyways I will find out and I will be studying quarter eagles this weekend. Any links would be most appreciated. :smile[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fretboard, post: 681445, member: 19765"]My feelings exactly. I will go back there and talk to the owner b/c I really think the coin is fake. Of course I will look up the proper weight and go there armed with the right info. The front of the coin looks good, the BLP or whatever lettering that's on the front under the Indian is there and looks right. The only thing that doesn't look right is the spray paint looking toning job. Hopefully I figure out my camera so that I can take a pic of it. The copper spray painting just bugs me to no end. The toning part doesn't look like toning at all, it looks like someone spray painted the gold coin with copper paint. The man I was talking to has been there forever and he must be around 70yrs old. I don't think that jewelry is his forte b/c I've bought a couple of rings there before and he isn't their jeweler. Anyways, I will find out more, and more will be revealed at a latter date. I've included a pic of a fake and the E Pluribus Unum has the exact same open blocked type lettering as the coin at the pawn shop. The difference is the top line going across on the E is crooked. If the coin is real then it has a error which I think would be rare, anyways I will find out and I will be studying quarter eagles this weekend. Any links would be most appreciated. :smile[/QUOTE]
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