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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 8611743, member: 105571"]This 1795 dollar has the correct obverse and reverse die pairing for the BB-11 die marriage. It is the only variety with 16 berries on the reverse, which I confirmed. The obverse is the correct one for this reverse. Die marriage attribution is the first step in determining if a coin is genuine or counterfeit. Your coin passes this test. The other tests have more to do with experience in noting more esoteric clues such as surfaces, dentils, letter punches and other things that I am no good at. On the surface to me, it looks genuine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Forget about the left/right leaf crossing-you are comparing the wrong reverse die to your coin. This is why you need to have the books.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are correct that Greysheet lists this coin in VF-20 for $6000. But you have to remember that Greysheet values are for coins slabbed by the major TPGs such as PCGS and NGC and are wholesale average bid prices, not retail. Retail CDN price guide has a VF-20 at $7500. Raw coins and no-name slabbed coins, even if genuine, should sell for significant discounts. And remember, raw coins and no-names come with no guarantees of authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>You should absolutely question why this coin is not in a major TPG slab.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 8611743, member: 105571"]This 1795 dollar has the correct obverse and reverse die pairing for the BB-11 die marriage. It is the only variety with 16 berries on the reverse, which I confirmed. The obverse is the correct one for this reverse. Die marriage attribution is the first step in determining if a coin is genuine or counterfeit. Your coin passes this test. The other tests have more to do with experience in noting more esoteric clues such as surfaces, dentils, letter punches and other things that I am no good at. On the surface to me, it looks genuine. Forget about the left/right leaf crossing-you are comparing the wrong reverse die to your coin. This is why you need to have the books. You are correct that Greysheet lists this coin in VF-20 for $6000. But you have to remember that Greysheet values are for coins slabbed by the major TPGs such as PCGS and NGC and are wholesale average bid prices, not retail. Retail CDN price guide has a VF-20 at $7500. Raw coins and no-name slabbed coins, even if genuine, should sell for significant discounts. And remember, raw coins and no-names come with no guarantees of authenticity. You should absolutely question why this coin is not in a major TPG slab.[/QUOTE]
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