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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BostonCoins, post: 2652809, member: 34720&quot;]Hello Everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always collected coins, but stupidly sold my decent collection off when I was 16 (for gas money... doh!). I didn&#039;t restart collecting again until I was in my mid 30&#039;s. Once I got the bug again, I was buying anything and everything I could.</p><p><br /></p><p>I tend to collect lower grade coins due to budget restraints, yet having the yearning to own classic US coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Onto the coin in question. This 1788 MA Cent came up for sale on one of the coin websites I frequent (the names and website has been withheld to protect the innocent). The price range was right for me at the time (probably somewhere around $50).</p><p><br /></p><p>Upon first viewing it, I remember asking the seller if this was a genuine coin or not. The wear on the obverse just seemed to be something that screamed out to me. The seller told me it was possibly a planchette flaw, and that the coin was genuine. </p><p><br /></p><p>I purchased the coin, and am quite happy to have an example of this early colonial coinage. Even if this coin does turn out to be a fake, I&#039;ll still be okay with it. I think it&#039;s still a neat piece to show the kids.</p><p><br /></p><p>However... I&#039;ve had this nagging feeling all these years of owning it that it might be a fake. I&#039;d just like to know once and for all. If it&#039;s fake, so be it. I&#039;ll label the coin flip accordingly. If it&#039;s real, then I can stop worrying about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So? What do you think? I tried looking for the Ryder type on it, but didn&#039;t have much success. The coin is awfully worn, so it&#039;s hard to find great markers. I can&#039;t even be fully sure whether it&#039;s a &quot;With Period after Massachusetts&quot; or &quot;Without Period&quot;. I&#039;m thinking it&#039;s a Without. I know it&#039;s a 1788, but other than that... nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you guys think? Genuine? Fake? If real, any feeling on which Ryder type it is?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!</p><p>[GALLERY=media, 5453]1788 - MA Rev by BostonCoins posted Feb 15, 2017 at 8:47 AM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 5452]1788- MA Obv by BostonCoins posted Feb 15, 2017 at 8:47 AM[/GALLERY][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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