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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;naccoachbob, post: 3323623, member: 100600&quot;]I have recently returned to coin collecting, and my wife thought she&#039;d surprise me with a new/old one. So she bought an 1864 Sitting Liberty coin from the Far East, and this without my knowing about it. The coin arrived today, so I started to try to figure out how to grade it, when a couple of small details caught my attention. I&#039;m going to post my pictures, but hopefully you can get yours from other sources. I used the Mega Red Book.</p><p>Initially, on the Obverse I find the mouth to be opened wider than a correct coin. On the Reverse, I saw some discrepancies in wing positions, and possibly the beak being more opened than it should be.</p><p>I know that everything gets counterfeited in some countries, and based on about how much she spent, I don&#039;t think that all&#039;s well with this coin. I didn&#039;t grade it very high, but there was enough detail that the Red Book showed well into the triple digits - my eye is very untrained though, and she spent a couple sawbucks at the most.</p><p>I would appreciate any help that folks could give.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]880888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]880889[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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