Just Bob

Wholesale website Temu. Like Aliexpress, DH Gate, Alibaba, and other direct-from-China websites, this site contains NO genuine US coins. Everything sold there is fake.

Interesting coincidence. I was shopping online for tools for the first time in several months, and discovered Temu tonight. I was not aware that the site existed, but I did some digging and discovered that ever since their ad aired during the Superbowl, (which I did not watch), their business has taken off. Like Powermad, I saw the multitude of counterfeits listed, many of which were being passed off as genuine and made no reference to "copy" or "replica." I will add this site to my thread on known counterfeit sellers.

Anyone can be ordained as a minister. It once took many hours of study and cost hundreds of dollars. Now, it is free and costs about a minute of your time and a click of a mouse. Conan OBrian, Lady Gaga, and Dewayne Johnson are all ordained ministers, just to mention a few.

Yep, just damage and dirt.

In the first picture, it looks like some staining or other discoloration, but in the second, it looks like it could be raised. Maybe some more pics with different lighting angles would show better what it actually looks like in hand. ( Then again, it is late, and I have been on the road all day, so I might be seeing things.)

Welcome to the forum. There are some areas that are showing up as green on my phone, particularly in front of Lincoln's bust below the date, and behind it next to LIBERTY. How has this coin been stored? I actually like the toning on this one, by the way. If that isn't PVC residue on there, I would leave it as is.

My opinion is that it is counterfeit.

Another knowledgeable respected member gone too soon. That is sad.

That is a great looking piece. Nice pictures, too. Did you take them?

The above spam post by Annysey has been reported to the mods.

I've got to find a picture of one of those!

I've not seen one of those. Does it show on the obverse or reverse?

Another from nycoins on ebay. The depression and spike are barely visible.

For comparison, here is one currently listed by seller earlycents on ebay:

The OP has not visited this site in over a year, and the new poster, Opiniaster, is likely a spammer or spambot.

A.D. Spencer tokens were coined in denominations of 5, 10, 25, and 50 cents. Despite the appearance of my pictures, the tokens are all brass. Side note: Charleston, MS is the home of Morgan Freeman.

Just an observation: I wonder, if this coin had been raw, and had been posted by a newbie touting his new acquisition that Grandpa left him in his will, how many of us would have immediately told them that the coin had been cleaned. The coin does have hairlines, and it does have gunk in the protected areas, and it does look like many coins that have been posted on this forum that were pronounced "cleaned." But, being that it is already in one of our host's slabs, do we automatically give it the benefit of the doubt? Just food for thought.

Dude, you need help.

Colin Gulberg is the author of "Chopmarked Coins - a History" (iAssure Group JEAN Publications 2014) Copy/paste from a Numismatic News article dated 5/26/2016: Collectors should be aware there are counterfeit chopmarked Trade dollars, said Gullberg. “Now huge numbers of fakes are coming out of China and faked chops are just another way to fool buyers into thinking the coin is genuine,” he said. “After all, a chopped Trade dollar usually sells at a discount then no one would deliberately try to reduce the selling price, right?”

Fake

Welcome to the forum. Although it may not seem possible that a silver coin that is 50 or 80 years old is only worth the price of the precious metal that it contains, it is true. Supply and demand, along with condition, rarity, and collector interest are major factors in determining value. Although all of these coins are nice to have in your collection, none are rare or in great demand. If the offers you have gotten are in line with the amounts given by the previous posters, you have not been given the run-around, in my opinion. If they are considerably less, and you still want to sell your coins, you might consider listing them on the Marketplace forum on this site. I'm sure several people would be interested in them at $7-8 a piece.