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1873CC Seated Liberty Dollar Question

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EddieB

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Hey Guys, I needs some help. I just recently found a 1873cc liberty dollar. I cleaned it up and was looking at it and it slipped out of my hand and hit my wood desktop. It suprise me when it hit, (it didn't have the sweet silver sound when dropped), I compared it with a morgan and the morgan was what I expected, a nice sweet ring. I weighed the two both was about 26.53 grams, both the same thickness and diameter. My morgan air test id was 1/45 and the seated was 1/43. Do I possibly have a half worm forgery or not? I thought I ask you all before I take it to a coin dealer. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks, EddieBee
 
You could have I have a Counterfeit gold v nickel they are out there
 
EddieB--

I hope that it is a genuine 1873-CC Seated Liberty Dollar. If it is, your "cleaning it up" probably cost you several thousand dollars. How about a picture of both sides? Best of luck and...

Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel
 
Nice looking coin EddieB! It looks like it could grade XF40, at worst VF 35. I would have it sent to PCGS for grading and authentication. It costs a bit to have it slabbed but on a potentially $25,000+ coin, why not? If you dug the coin there could be corossion that didn't show up on your pictures that could downgrade the coin. Let us know what you do? Best of luck and...

Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel
 
That is one I would check out further by a good coin dealer before you had it sent in.
I had 2 different coins that were fake I had found a barber quarter and a barber half and they too look good and a bit wore and when I drop them they didnt sound right and even weigh like a good one. There not as detailed as the one you have which is good. Now there were a lot of them made that say copy on the very edge of the coin,so look there too as those were detailed, but modern copys.

Good luck and it is a good find one way or not.

Rick
 
I like to thank you all for your help! It's going to a coin dealer today!

Thanks again, EddieBee
 
For all you guys that chimed in and gave me some advice: "THANK YOU" !! Took it to a repicial coin dealer today and it turns out as FORGERY.
Wow is me, Wow is me!!!!!!

Thanks again, EddieBee
 
and it was not a high grade but a VG; under a microscope you could see the D had been added to a plain. :cry:
Knew a coin dealer in Texas that lived at the beach; used to take the fakes there and bury them--would see detectorists find them and start jumping and yelling. :lol:
Since its an expensive coin to buy, that fake is a hole filler in some one's coin album. If its silver it has melt value too. :thumbup:
 
That lack of that sweet ping or ring when the coin was struck made me feel strong that it was not silver and most likely a forgery. And it was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:pinnochio
 
In the Red Book there are forgeries worth almost as much as the real thing.
Some of the forgers are famous. I don't remember the coin but there is a small denomination gold coin (don't recall if its US or a state coin)
that I read about like that.
Many are like my 16D, a real issue, but altered.
(be careful on ebay because there are many cases of fakes being sold; and some by accredited and known coin dealers)
 
Hey Guys, I like to thank each and everyone of you guys for your help and encouragement. OK HERE IS WHAT I LEARNED TODAY: First thing he noticed was that there was too much detail existing for the amount of depth loss in the wearing of the coin. I myself noticed the edge of the coin was rough and he did too. But the most convincing fact was with the magnet. He show me with a modern Silver Eagle 99.9% with a super magnet: on a smooth surface the magnet had drag with the Silver Eagle,(waving over the coin but not touching it, you could fell the drag and sometimes actually moving the coin a little without rubbing across it. My 1873 had OOO drag. That alone told him and he showed me that it had no silver in the coin. For any of you that never knew that, try it with a silver coin and a clad.. The ring or the ping that silver makes was missing. That why I had to know. .....Again you guys have been great thank you all and HH.

EddieBee







ps: It turned out to be a real forgery,:ranting:
 
EddieB said:
I just rinsed it off with water. So here is some pics.
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The CC looks small also that's just mean burying fake coins!!!! lol
 
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