Is this silver eagle counterfeit? 0

[John walter]

Hello all. 

I recently purchased a set of silver eagles on eBay and this one has strange toning. The case is also slightly thicker than the others.

I am new to the hobby and just don't know if I got stuck with a counterfeit.

[RWB]

I suspect most members will want more detailed and sharper photos. I don't see anything obviously wrong with the slab label.

[Coinbuf]

Welcome to the boards, in order to give you any advice we need to see both sides of the coin and in this case the slab, all TPG slabs have had some thickness variations due to design changes and sometimes supplier variations.  From your one obv photo the label does not look quite right, but a photo of the rev and rev label will be needed.

[John walter]

 

Thank you for the welcome.

 Ive compared the case to some of my Morgans in the same style case, and to my newbie eye the holograph looks the same. The thing that had me worried was the case thickness variation along with the odd toning around the edges. It almost looks like it is pealing.

Here is a picture of the back. Some of the odd toning is visible around the edge.

[John walter]

Here is a more detailed picture of the odd toning.

[John walter]

 The forum is only allowing me to upload 1 photo per post. So please excuse the multiple post.

Here is the reverse at a different angle.

 

Edited August 22, 2020 by John walter

[John walter]

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[Coinbuf]

The toning is fine, nearly pure silver will tone that way sometimes, the rev label looks fine and I see no evidence of tampering.  I think that obv label is one used just for bullion which is what threw me off at first, I'm 99% sure you are fine.

[John walter]

1 minute ago, Coinbuf said:

The toning is fine, nearly pure silver will tone that way sometimes, the rev label looks fine and I see no evidence of tampering.  I think that obv label is one used just for bullion which is what threw me off at first, I'm 99% sure you are fine.

Thank you! 

[kbbpll]

No one has said it, but the cert lookup checks out as well. There is no NGC picture associated with it, but that's common. The toning makes it looks like the coin is eaten away along the rim, but I can't tell if it's an optical illusion. I have a dime in a holder identical to yours but I don't keep up with all the different styles.

[JT2]

Looks normal to me i have had a few do this to me in TPG slabs.  

[VKurtB]

This is a look that relatively quickly develops on ASE's that have been stored in an album such as a Dansco album. I keep a set of the bullion level (unmintmarked) ASE's and you can watch the peripheral toning "grow" as you go backward in time. I've been lucky. So far, no milk spots. When I move to Alabama, all bets are off.

[James_OldeTowne]

The slab and coin look legit from those photos.