Possible 1902-o Contemporary Counterfiet

[Raybob15239]

I have been searching for a Contemporary Counterfiet in the wild for decades and have never had much success. I have found a few on eBay, but others (probably here) saw them, too, knowing what they were and I missed them. I saw this on eBay a few days ago and thought that the soft appearance looked suspect (in a good way). The Micro O tilted right looked good, the date looked good... so I went for it. I had some competition, so I wondered if someone else was taking a chance on what it was, too. I watched it at the close of the auction and put in a nuclear snipe bid (which surprisingly ended up very reasonable (only about $15-16 over melt. It arrived today and it still looks like it might be a Contemporary Counterfiet, but it just doesn't seem to match up the existing 1902-o Contemporary Counterfiets listed on VAMWorld.

Anyone have any opinions on this? (the level of wear makes it a bit hard to pick up on some of the plate photo pick up points.)

1902-o Obverse 3 Date.jpg (127.97 KiB) Viewed 278 times

1902-o Reverse 4 Mint Mark.jpg (145.39 KiB) Viewed 278 times

1902-o Reverse 3 Eagle.jpg (150.17 KiB) Viewed 278 times

1902-o Obverse 4 left field.jpg (163.2 KiB) Viewed 278 times

1902-o Obverse 1 Right Field.jpg (139.41 KiB) Viewed 278 times

[Raybob15239]

1902-o Reverse 1 Left Wreath.jpg (158.52 KiB) Viewed 276 times

1902-o Reverse 2 Right Wreath.jpg (156.65 KiB) Viewed 276 times

1902-o Obverse 5 Cap.jpg (144.59 KiB) Viewed 276 times

[messydesk]

Looks like the VAM 3 from here.

[Raybob15239]

That was my initial thought, but some of the other markers weren't there.

[messydesk]

Markers are pretty blurry on these, especially below VF.

[Raybob15239]

Thanks, John. It will be heading your way later this month.

[blh74]

Looks like the VAM 3 from here.

I agree with John. Mine is VF.