May have another fake which may need to be reported

[dooly]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/United-Staites-Tra...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

think this is a "snide" need some one to verifiy i am right about it before it is reported to eBay ?

 

[bsshog40]

It actually looks ok to me dooly. The counterfiets, from what I've seen, will show significant loss of detail in the low points such as the lines under the wheat and in the gown between the knee and seat of the Obv.. I may be wrong, there are some on here that are pretty sharp with these trade dollar fakes. Someone else may have better input to add.

[construct]

the rims and denticles look bad. The color looks bad. I certainly wouldn't bid on it.

[MarkFeld]

I would bet that one is a counterfeit.

[bsshog40]

I'll tell ya what, I've bought one trade dollar and it was counterfiet. This one looks better than the one I bought. I will never bid on another unless ya'll look at it first cause I'll tell ya what, I still can't spot them very good!

[dooly]

Just had a thaught i have never seen a Slabbed one on UK ebay !!!!!

[WoodenJefferson]

Looking at both images in the auction, nothing jumps out and proclaims I was made outside the US Mint, but it also does not say I'm a genuine 1874-S Trade Dollar either.

 

The dentils are a bit "mushy" on parts of the rim on both sides and some of the design elements are soft in some areas. This could just be a weak strike or late state die...perhaps TradeDollarNut will respond.

 

For now with this one, it's simply going to have to be buyer beware...it could go either way.

[stev32k]

That is a counterfeit - I'd bet a months pay on it. The area I've circled is a protected area of the design and one of the last places to wear, and I've never seen that area weakly struck on a genuine Trade Dollar. However, that is a common marker for counterfeits. Here is the ebay coin and a genuine VF25 for comparison.

 

[WoodenJefferson]

CoinWorld article about bogus Trade Dollars from China

 

Although the information is a few years old already, this is still a good read and gives a bit of diagnostic for determining fakes coming out of China.