Too good to be true? Dollar experts?

Currently on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/1860-O-Silv...503?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ae6c7dbbf

I can't see anything wrong with this, but it can't really be real, can it? It just looks too nice.

 

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Looks like a cast. I say FAKE

 

I'm no expert but I tend to stay away from coins like that and are not slabbed.

 

MAY be real, just polished heavily

 

There is nothing "too good" about it at all; it's the most commonly found high grade No Motto Seated dollar and it has been scrubbed to death.

 

There's certainly evidence of polishing on the reverse, but I don't see it on the obverse.

 

If it isn't legit, I don't see any indication. It is really harshly cleaned though. Pretty noticeable edge bang @ 3 o'clock obverse. EF+ features?

 

I have seen numerous fakes. I weight them first (brass is lighter then silver), then i do a density test with a scale and water. I can say, a little math has prevented me from ever getting a fake. Nevertheless I have seen many.

 

I don't really see anything good about that at all.

 

Very harshly cleaned. Coins that haven't been cleaned should show some surface crust. This coin is just one dull flat color without any remaining luster. You also have a significant rim bump and some hairlines left from the scrubbing.

 

Whizzed and polished......worth maybe 1-5% of an unadulterated specimen

 

When you pull the photo up and smell it, does it smell like an egg foo yang?!? Or like egg rolls?!?

 

I agree with the consensus: this coin has been off to see the Whizzard, or it's a cast fake. It's the only way to account for the excellent details but apparently complete lack of luster. Also a pretty substantial hit behind Liberty's head.

 

Genuine but polished to death. I'd buy it and keep it as a pocket piece until it looked descent if it went cheap enough.

 

If it had mint surfaces, they have all been removed.
I wonder just how high it will go...

 

The sky the limit as there are some really stupid people out there.

 

No thanks.

 

or in this case $430, which could get you a slabbed VF35.