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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ronnie58, post: 2971080, member: 90698&quot;]As they say down here in NC, &quot;I might be suckin&#039; pond water on this one&quot;, but I am going to go out on a limb and say this coin is genuine.&nbsp; Most likely cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; They do not show the obverse, but this is definitely an 1888S. The Briggs book on</p><p>LSQs indicates that 1888S Obverse 5 has &#039;BER&#039; polished away on the die, and the left end of the &#039;1&#039; in the date is centered over the left of the dentil. Just as here. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The date digits are spot on for the S issue.&nbsp; Last &#039;8&#039; does not lean in as in the P strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Although Liberty&#039;s head looks flatter and wider than the PCGS CoinFacts 1888S MS66 photo, this is an illusion from wear.&nbsp; The metrics on several skull measurement ratios actually match up exactly to the known genuine coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the seller&#039;s 151 items this is the only coin.&nbsp; Everything else is badges, medals, emblems, vintage railway mags and vintage model trucks.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t prove squat, but raises the possibility that they came by this and are just passing it on. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Either they know what they have and are trying to pass it off as the rarer Philly strike, or don&#039;t even know enough about coins to turn it over or where the mint mark is.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; As for the returns policy, it is terribly worded, but doesn&#039;t eBay provide sufficient refund protection if it were to prove fake?&nbsp;&nbsp; The seller has 23,000+ sales with a 100% feedback rating. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Still, I&#039;ve got the oars standing by...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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