Thank you . I'll keep that in mind. You save people 30 bucks with that information, if they do happen to find one.
I hope it will save people from buying the counterfeit 1955 DD, That can mean a loss of over a $1000. When I sent the '55 and '72 for certification, I had no idea one was fake. If one had to be, I wish it was the '72, it costs a lot less. That '55 fooled me, club members, and two dealers, it was really well done and I had it so long, it had developed a nice patena.
Aside from what has already been addressed regarding this particular example, if genuinely familiar with the real deal, the overall appearance of a coin is often sufficient to identify as a counterfeit. While this is not really suitable for discussion/educational threads, it is nonetheless exacting and often applied in real-world dealings.
I believe his point had nothing to do with his own example, but was directed towards those who may purchase a fake believing it to be real. A $1000 loss in such a case is, or at least could be, wholly realistic.
Ohhhh I see, yeah thank you for explaining that to me. I was thinking he spent 1000 bucks to get it authenticated.