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<p>[QUOTE="ksparrow, post: 653845, member: 7638"]Exhibit B: 1877-CC, weight in acceptable range, but fake. I bought this coin in an ANACS holder, which turned out to be fake, too:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/fakes%20and%20forensics/fake1877cctradeanacsobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a fairly well executed forgery. The supposedly damaged dentils, are in fact malformed. many of them contain tiny pits.Many have that 'candy corn' shape. The reeding does not extend fully from rim to rim. Liberty's body has a somewhat 'pimply' look, the fields have been abrasively cleaned, probably to remove small bumps.The eagle's eye is not formed correctly. Where there should be luster in protected areas on a higher grade coin like this, there is none. </p><p><br /></p><p>I sent it to ANACS, they kept the holder and sent me back the coin. The seller, I believe, was duped as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibit C: a genuine 1875-cc, scarce with a type 2 reverse (comprising 5-10% of the issue)</p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibit D: another fake, but the correct weight. Note the pitting in the dentils, and the rims look a bit wide too. This is the coin on the left in the edge reeding comparison photo.The chops are strange, too, I've never seen one shaped like a peace pipe! The lettering on this one looks sort of rounded, like pillows. compare to the squared off, flat-topped lettering on the 2 (in my opinion) genuine examples.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ksparrow, post: 653845, member: 7638"]Exhibit B: 1877-CC, weight in acceptable range, but fake. I bought this coin in an ANACS holder, which turned out to be fake, too: [IMG]http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/fakes%20and%20forensics/fake1877cctradeanacsobv.jpg[/IMG] This is a fairly well executed forgery. The supposedly damaged dentils, are in fact malformed. many of them contain tiny pits.Many have that 'candy corn' shape. The reeding does not extend fully from rim to rim. Liberty's body has a somewhat 'pimply' look, the fields have been abrasively cleaned, probably to remove small bumps.The eagle's eye is not formed correctly. Where there should be luster in protected areas on a higher grade coin like this, there is none. I sent it to ANACS, they kept the holder and sent me back the coin. The seller, I believe, was duped as well. Exhibit C: a genuine 1875-cc, scarce with a type 2 reverse (comprising 5-10% of the issue) Exhibit D: another fake, but the correct weight. Note the pitting in the dentils, and the rims look a bit wide too. This is the coin on the left in the edge reeding comparison photo.The chops are strange, too, I've never seen one shaped like a peace pipe! The lettering on this one looks sort of rounded, like pillows. compare to the squared off, flat-topped lettering on the 2 (in my opinion) genuine examples.[/QUOTE]
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