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<p>[QUOTE="serdogthehound, post: 4539998, member: 111388"]I am just getting back into coin collecting again. Anyways, I was looking a 1875-S Trade Dollar that my Dad brought me( I was a kid) years ago and it turns out it is almost for sure a fake(It was from a friend of his you got it in South East Asia)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have attached pictures so other can see the issues and learn (also because picture are fun);</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Liberty's head is wrong(weird ugly head(</p><p>2) it missing all the legends even though the details are fairly good</p><p>3)there is a star missing behind the wheat</p><p>4) the end of the wheat is wrong</p><p>5) the Olives are missing from the Olive branch</p><p><br /></p><p>its also hitting right around 25.5 grams. It interesting because the coin looks old</p><p><br /></p><p>. I am wondering what the right thing to do to keep this coin from going around a fooling anyone else.?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also is there anyway[ATTACH=full]1123990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1123990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1123990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1123991[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1123992[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1123993[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1123994[/ATTACH] to determine if I have an old counterfeit from the 19th century(which is kind of cooL) or a modern fake?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="serdogthehound, post: 4539998, member: 111388"]I am just getting back into coin collecting again. Anyways, I was looking a 1875-S Trade Dollar that my Dad brought me( I was a kid) years ago and it turns out it is almost for sure a fake(It was from a friend of his you got it in South East Asia) I have attached pictures so other can see the issues and learn (also because picture are fun); 1) Liberty's head is wrong(weird ugly head( 2) it missing all the legends even though the details are fairly good 3)there is a star missing behind the wheat 4) the end of the wheat is wrong 5) the Olives are missing from the Olive branch its also hitting right around 25.5 grams. It interesting because the coin looks old . I am wondering what the right thing to do to keep this coin from going around a fooling anyone else.? Also is there anyway[ATTACH=full]1123990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1123990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1123990[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1123991[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1123992[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1123993[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1123994[/ATTACH] to determine if I have an old counterfeit from the 19th century(which is kind of cooL) or a modern fake?[/QUOTE]
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