Someone at auction bought a 1880-CC Morgan Dollar for $135. Found the dollar on eBay. Something just does not look right about this coin. I looked at it in the auction, and it looked fake. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1880-cc-Mor..._Individual&hash=item3a736680c8#ht_500wt_1287
Describe what makes it look fake? P.S. that sellers auction will fail because he's started the bidding way to high and no one will pay that much for a raw coin anyway, at least I wouldn't.
The strike looks mushy, but my guess is the coin is authentic. Looks to me like a circulated coin that has been harshly cleaned. As BU said, Coin is not worth a buck ninety five.
Can't tell from the pictures if it is real or not, they are too poor. However it does look to be obviously cleaned. At least dipped, can't tell if the cleaning was harsh (hairlined). Even if it is real it is not nice for that reason.
I agree. That coin does look funny, fake. The slight, greenish coloration seems of those with poor and cheap metals. Might be the reflection but I wouldn't bid that high on a coin that is "questionable".
As I said, I felt the coin was authentic by I just want to expand upon my reasoning. As Conder said, just the picture is not good enough. So here is my logic. 1) Coins looks obviously cleaned and overdipped, leaving no luster at all. That is why I think you think it looks funny, but it is just a bad cleaning. There is usually no need to clean a fake, in fact they sometimes try to "dirty" a fake. 2) The coin is overpriced. Why try to sell a fake above market value. Not a good way to move it 3) The coin is within the sellers wheelhouse, he sells various items including Morgans from time to time in this price range but he hasn't sold a whole bunch similar to this one. It usually is a red flag if a seller puts up a valuable coin with no history of selling valuable coins. If it is a fake, I would bet the seller does not know it. 4) There is just nothing about the coin that jumps out as being fake. The stars look good, the date looks good and the denticles look good. 5) The seller has a very liberal return policy of 14 days. Plenty of time to check it out. So, while all of this is not proof positive, when you put all the pieces together, I am fairly confident the coin is authentic. Mike
