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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 869129, member: 307&quot;]ok, I&#039;ll take a stab. I never mind going first. I must say that early dollars are completely out of my area of knowledge, I am grading them as more of an amateur than anything else, I am claiming no expertise in this arena.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin looks like a cast counterfeit. There is pitting on the obverse of the coin. I don&#039;t know if the photo is done in greyscale, but if it isn&#039;t then the color of the metal is all wrong as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is VG-10. I could also see it going F-12 due to the fact that it was made on a screw press and not a steam press. Thereby making details weak. The &quot;scratches&quot; across Liberty&#039;s face are planchet adjustment marks, not scratches or remnants of harsh cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin #3 is also a very attractive coin. No real problems. Reverse is weakly struck, but the surfaces look to be at the very least re-toned, possibly artificially. I&#039;d grade it closer to VF-30. this coin also appears that it could be counterfeit. I would not buy this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last coin appears to have VF details but was harshly cleaned. If this picture isn&#039;t greyscale, then I would be suspicious of counterfeit, but would need to more closely examine this coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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