This Ebay coin looks totally fake

[JIM F.]

And not a good fake at that.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1873-CC-Half-Dollar-/261065825108?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item3cc8bc5b54

 

And this one by the same seller looks bogus too.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1864-S-Half-Dollsr-/261065830399?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item3cc8bc6fff

[delta]

Please share your diagnostic criteria, it's not an obvious fake to me. Thanks!

[SKAGS]

Looks real to me just cleaned.

[e1cnr]

The second coin is a 1864-S 50C Large S WB-101. Too bad about the cleaning and large X scratched into the right field. (maybe someone thought it was a totally fake)

[JIM F.]

The mint mark on the CC looks too large and the fields look polished.

[Hard Times]

Look at the 73-cc half with the zoom option, this is clearly a whizzed coin. Whether it is also fake, I can't tell.

 

Best, HT

[SKAGS]

Looks like same size mint mark to me

[Mary B]

Harshly cleaned is all. Maybe even altered a bit on the second coin, the horizontal strips look fresh cut.

[mtnstyne]

I agree with the others that they are harshly cleaned, don't see anything that looks suspicious though.

[James_OldeTowne]

They appear to be genuine coins from the provided images. However, the are horribly cleaned to the point of being altered.

[michiganboy]

Both coins are genuine, albeit cleaned/whizzed and the photos suck

[coinman_23885]

They appear to be genuine coins from the provided images. However, the are horribly cleaned to the point of being altered.

 

+1

[benjmurts]

Doesn't look fake to me, looks majorly cleaned/polished

[PerryHall]

Both coins are genuine, albeit cleaned/whizzed and the photos suck

 

I would hesitate to authenticate a coin like that from pics. Counterfeiters sometimes polish their products to hide their orgins by removing their counterfeit diagnostics.

[michiganboy]

Both coins are genuine, albeit cleaned/whizzed and the photos suck

 

I would hesitate to authenticate a coin like that from pics. Counterfeiters sometimes polish their products to hide their orgins by removing their counterfeit diagnostics.

 

Yeah and usually the base metal used is obviously not silver, I stand by my determination that both coins are real. Counterfeit seated coins I can spot a no problemo, other series I might doubt myself and not take a chance.

[e1cnr]

It is easy to spot the bad counterfeits that stick to a magnet

 

good ones fool many and are made with correct metal, it is best to err on the side of caution if you have any doubt and pass