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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 23907373, member: 105571&quot;]If you&#039;re going to collect LS and Trade dollars, you should really amass some resources to help you in evaluating them, most particularly if you&#039;re going to consider raw coins.&nbsp; Both series have been heavily counterfeited.&nbsp; The first step in evaluating genuineness is to attribute the obverse and reverse dies to a known die marriage.&nbsp; For LS Dollars, the link below provides the information you need.&nbsp; Dick Osburne and Brian Cushing have graciously made this resource available at no cost.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin cannot be attributed or you can&#039;t determine attribution from the photos the seller makes available, the prudent choice is to run.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to this 1859, it looks like it&#039;s been cleaned.&nbsp; Grade is somewhere around F-15 with the obverse being stronger (20-25) than the reverse which looks to be 12.&nbsp; Although some of the reverse&#039;s weakness may be due to strike.&nbsp; I can&#039;t tell from the photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trying to attribute this coin from the awful photos; the obverse kinda looks like 3 based on where the 1 lines up with the vertical shield lines.&nbsp; Obverse 3 was only paired with Reverse D but D does not exhibit any unique die markers;&nbsp; the identifier for D is the absence of a horizontal shield line #1 extension to the left across first shield border.&nbsp; If they are /D, the die marriage would be OC-4 which is rarity R4-.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, get better photos and attribute or give it up.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.seateddollarvarieties.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.seateddollarvarieties.com/" rel="nofollow">www.seateddollarvarieties.com</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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