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Message:: [QUOTE="ksparrow, post: 8088940, member: 7638"]Hello Jack,  I just got in.  This appears to be an 1876-P type 2/2 which is a very scarce coin, maybe 20 to 25 known. I don't know the chopmarked population. I happen to own one of these.  Some things that concern me: obv:  mushy on the head, branch hand and branch, stars on the lower right. rev: look at the F in OF; the "nose" droops way down, much farther than it should. The T in UNITED does not look right, the E in TRADE does not look right.  And, unless the photos are cropped, the rims seem to almost disappear in a couple of places which is unusual. The surfaces are so distressed that a multitude of sins could be concealed.   I can't see the edge reeding in the photos clearly as they don't enlarge. I agree with MaineBill that the dentils look ok given the image sizes.    I am thinking probability of genuine 25%, fake 75%.   I'll post images of my 76-P II/II. <img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/7zFuKMSWSdWHigGgVE7e_1876%20type%202%202%20obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/tEHzMzFPRxaYHZKLUkHG_1876%20type%202%202%20rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]