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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2988472, member: 66"]The date on the seated dollar is completely wrong. Since you purchased these through ebay you can probably return them for a refund no matter what the seller says. Open a case with eBay that they are "significantly not as described" and that they are counterfeits. Here in the US that would get the buyer an automatic refund including shipping, and ebay may even allow you to keep the fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare the date with a genuine coin. the 6 is too large and mis-shapen, the upper serifs of the 1's are wrong, the 8 is not right , the spacing of the digits is wrong. The date on the real coin came from a four digit logotype punch so the date on every 1861 dollar should be the same.</p><p><img src="http://coinauctionshelp.com/SeatedDollarpictures/1861.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_3241-jpg.736577/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2988472, member: 66"]The date on the seated dollar is completely wrong. Since you purchased these through ebay you can probably return them for a refund no matter what the seller says. Open a case with eBay that they are "significantly not as described" and that they are counterfeits. Here in the US that would get the buyer an automatic refund including shipping, and ebay may even allow you to keep the fakes. Compare the date with a genuine coin. the 6 is too large and mis-shapen, the upper serifs of the 1's are wrong, the 8 is not right , the spacing of the digits is wrong. The date on the real coin came from a four digit logotype punch so the date on every 1861 dollar should be the same. [IMG]http://coinauctionshelp.com/SeatedDollarpictures/1861.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/img_3241-jpg.736577/[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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