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<p>[QUOTE="DippityDoo, post: 2266371, member: 75707"]I bought this "1879 three cent nickel" online. Once in hand, I've decided it's fake. Did I make the right call? </p><p><br /></p><p>Reasons:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Tone and surface appearance.</p><p>2) Little to no lines in the roman "III" but nearly no wear in the wreath upper right.</p><p>3) Fat looking date</p><p>4) High detail on obverse hair at bottom, little to no detail and weak "Liberty" at top.</p><p>5) Odd "stripe" - looks like artifact of some sort of fakery? - on coin edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are photos beside the best unslabbed 1879 I have at the moment, then of the apparent fake itself. Thoughts?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]450867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]450868[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]450869[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]450870[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]450871[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DippityDoo, post: 2266371, member: 75707"]I bought this "1879 three cent nickel" online. Once in hand, I've decided it's fake. Did I make the right call? Reasons: 1) Tone and surface appearance. 2) Little to no lines in the roman "III" but nearly no wear in the wreath upper right. 3) Fat looking date 4) High detail on obverse hair at bottom, little to no detail and weak "Liberty" at top. 5) Odd "stripe" - looks like artifact of some sort of fakery? - on coin edge. Here are photos beside the best unslabbed 1879 I have at the moment, then of the apparent fake itself. Thoughts? [ATTACH]450867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]450868[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]450869[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]450870[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]450871[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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