Two Deceptive 1875-CC Trade Dollars: Fun With Fakes

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Two Deceptive 1875-CC Trade Dollars: Fun With Fakes

By Jack Riley …..   The following article discusses two 1875-CC Trade Dollars recently discovered on eBay. Submitted to third-party grading services for certification, one returned from PCGS as “Authenticity Unverifiable” and one from NGC as “Altered Surfaces”. Even in the sale listing, one can tell something is off. After a brief conversation with the seller, I ended up with both examples in hand. Images of how I received them pictured below. B…