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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NOS, post: 4904453, member: 2098&quot;]I&#039;m not going to say definitively one way or the other as I&#039;m not an expert but I will say it does look different from known authentic examples that I&#039;ve seen. Namely, the date and there not being much of a spacious rim gives pause: <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/braided-hair-cents-1839-1857-pscid-120/1851-1c-ms-coinid-11892" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/braided-hair-cents-1839-1857-pscid-120/1851-1c-ms-coinid-11892" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-explorer/braided-hair-cents-1839-1857-pscid-120/1851-1c-ms-coinid-11892</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>My inclination is that it&#039;s a Chinese-made counterfeit that was produced within the last 20 years. It was likely placed into a rock tumbler giving it the dinged look that is particularly noticeable on the face. And then whatever formula of grit was used gave it the aged yet peculiar and uneven coloring.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, don&#039;t hold me to this; I&#039;d wait for an expert opinion to be given before making any definitive decisions but this is what I suspect is the story with this coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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