What are you thoughts on this Gold Dollar?

[ambro52]

 

 

thoughts?

[MarkFeld]

"Thoughts", as in how good or bad of a counterfeit it is?

[MunkyMan95]

"Thoughts", as in how good or bad of a counterfeit it is?

 

[ambro52]

exactly as in those thoughts.

 

what do you see?

[ambro52]

I had HAD purchased this but wigged out of the deal.....but I kept wondering, anyway, your opinion seals my concience, glad I didnt do it.

[BillJones]

Looks like a counterfeit to me. You did well to pass. (thumbs u

 

The obverse has mushy devices for Ms. Liberty with a lack of detail on the highest points. There also appears to be chunks of metal in the fields. The rims are indistinct in places, and I don't like the overall relief. Other than that it’s a great coin.

[Brian D]

It's gold in color

[michael]

gold counterfeit

 

looks like chinese and made within the last year or so

 

but i guess it could be lebanese circa 1960's but the lebanese die strruck counterfeits were way better made

 

if it is lebanese i would be really surprised

[michael]

it is a really bad example

[physics-fan3.14]

"Thoughts", as in how good or bad of a counterfeit it is?

 

I am pleased to find my first reaction was the same.

[MarkFeld]

I had HAD purchased this but wigged out of the deal.....but I kept wondering, anyway, your opinion seals my concience, glad I didnt do it.

For what it's worth, I think you received some good feedback/information about it in your thread on the PCGS forum.

[stinkycheese1]

yeah, really bad counterfeit. looks cast....look how uneven and fat the stars are...irregular

[PerryHall]

Poorly made fake. Soft mushy details and the spikes coming out of the denticles are a dead giveaway.

[Oldtrader3]

Lumps on letters, bad denticle formation, poorly defined letters, "M" in America recut, goofy stars, lack of detail in coin center (re; Bill Jones). Raw gold dollars are for specialists, buy one in NGC/PCGS slab from reputable dealer, if you have to have one.

[gmarguli]

thoughts?

 

I think you deserve to get screwed.

 

You continue to buy raw coins off eBay without knowing even basic things to look for. If you have no clue as to what a genuine example of this coin should look like, then why the hell are you buying them raw off eBay?

 

At what point will you buy a book before buying the coin?

[PerryHall]

thoughts?

 

I think you deserve to get screwed.

 

You continue to buy raw coins off eBay without knowing even basic things to look for. If you have no clue as to what a genuine example of this coin should look like, then why the hell are you buying them raw off eBay?

 

At what point will you buy a book before buying the coin?

 

Greg---I think everyone here had the same thought. We were just too polite to tell him how stupid he has been acting.

[MarkFeld]

thoughts?

 

I think you deserve to get screwed.

 

You continue to buy raw coins off eBay without knowing even basic things to look for. If you have no clue as to what a genuine example of this coin should look like, then why the hell are you buying them raw off eBay?

 

At what point will you buy a book before buying the coin?

 

Greg---I think everyone here had the same thought. We were just too polite to tell him how stupid he has been acting.

Not everyone. I don't believe that people deserve to be screwed, due to lack of due diligence. I am less sympathetic to such people, but that's not the same as the way Greg and (apparently) you feel.

[James_OldeTowne]

The first thing that jumps out at me is the shape of the "5" on the reverse. Having cataloged a number of gold dollars of the era, that "5" looks completely wrong, and instantly leads me to say: "counterfeit"! Besides that, the "0" is obviously wrong. You really don't need any diagnostics other than that to know this is a rather poor counterfeit.