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Message:: [QUOTE="Tamaracian, post: 2051630, member: 23122"]Be careful of an 1871 Liberty Seated Dollar--it is a favorite of Chinese counterfeiters because it is vaulable enough in grades above G4 to make it worthwhile to peddle.  I have one that looked like it was an EF45, but had black streaks of toning across the Central Devices on both sides.  I was sending some of my coins into ANACS for Variety Attribution and decided to ask them to "CONSERVE" this coin ($19).  They tried, but when they treated it with (MS-70 or whatever) the black toning areas turned a dull brassy color indicating something was wrong!  Weighing it on a scale they found it was underweight at 20.08gm (S/B 26.73 gm) and it was Body-Bagged as a "Struck Copy" (copper core with silver plating).  NOTE that it was done well enough to have passed ANACS initial screening!  The saving grace is that I didn't buy this coin by itself--it was a "surprise" the Seller said, as he included it in with a "Lot" of coins that I bought on eBay when I first started collecting in 2009. One of these days I will post a Hi Res photo of this one and two fake gold coins that I also bought in my very early collecting career.[/QUOTE]