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<p>[QUOTE="Copper56, post: 2173968, member: 74010"]And, no. your example doesn't look good.</p><p>About a year and a half ago I bought a run from 1849-1857 half cents.. they looked super in the listing. When they came I was excited because they still looked good and weighted perfect. However, because of the 1852 I gave them a very close look and became suspicious. I knew they were fake, but didn't want to believe it. I took them all to NGC and they said they were the latest and best examples of counterfeits.</p><p>Of course, because of the amount of money involved I returned them. (seller asked if 'I was sure', but took them back) If that seller resold them I hate it, but some one some time down the road will probably stroke out when he finds out what that '52 really is. Though, I felt a little better when the guy at NGC told me that surely whoever buys it would have it checked and a grader would find it to be fake.</p><p>As for the others, they may even get slabbed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Copper56, post: 2173968, member: 74010"]And, no. your example doesn't look good. About a year and a half ago I bought a run from 1849-1857 half cents.. they looked super in the listing. When they came I was excited because they still looked good and weighted perfect. However, because of the 1852 I gave them a very close look and became suspicious. I knew they were fake, but didn't want to believe it. I took them all to NGC and they said they were the latest and best examples of counterfeits. Of course, because of the amount of money involved I returned them. (seller asked if 'I was sure', but took them back) If that seller resold them I hate it, but some one some time down the road will probably stroke out when he finds out what that '52 really is. Though, I felt a little better when the guy at NGC told me that surely whoever buys it would have it checked and a grader would find it to be fake. As for the others, they may even get slabbed.[/QUOTE]
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