Confirmation of a counterfeit, please ('75-CC 20c)

FadeToBlack · September 12, 2013 6:34AM

I think they could have done a lot better. I'd like something I can point to in the event that the seller challenges my assertions of it being fake.

Weight; 4.86 grams.

LanceNewmanOCC · September 12, 2013 6:37AM

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you could always tell the seller, "this is a fake, because, well, you know it is a fake?"
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jmj3esq · September 12, 2013 6:44AM

Looks awful in all aspects. Looks cast to me. Whatever you do don't buy the thing. Its gross as hades.

coindeuce · September 12, 2013 6:45AM

How about the uniform lack of detail and the complete lack of metal flow lines ? Educate yourself on how to make a specific gravity measuring apparatus and do it. This looks like some cheap alloy, which will not have the specific gravity of 90% silver.

If it is being offered as a novelty souvenir replica, offer twenty cents for it.

Unknown · September 12, 2013 6:46AM

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ricko · September 12, 2013 6:47AM

Coindeuce is correct.... that is an overall poor counterfeit....looks cast... but the detail is horrible... Cheers, RickO

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD · September 12, 2013 6:48AM

with a 14-day return policy...your set!

Erik

CaptHenway · September 12, 2013 6:48AM

Looks like a die-struck counterfeit from very crude spark erosion dies.

TD

coindeuce · September 12, 2013 6:48AM

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<< Looks awful in all aspects. Looks cast to me. Whatever you do don't buy the thing. Its gross as hades. >>

I already bought it, it was on eBay for a little over 200 (From somebody who never sells coins) with crap pics. 14 day return, I just got it about an hour ago and already printed the return mailing label, ha. >>

So you paid a little over 10,000% over market, based on crappy pictures.

Unknown · September 12, 2013 6:57AM

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LanceNewmanOCC · September 12, 2013 7:05AM

<< Here's the sellers pics; >>

those look different than the ones in the listing.
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Prethen · September 12, 2013 7:08AM

If the coin is real, it's a dog.

Unknown · September 12, 2013 7:13AM

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coindeuce · September 12, 2013 7:44AM

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<< So you paid a little over 10,000% over market, based on crappy pictures.

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Hey, if it was real, we're looking at a nice VF coin, which prices out well above 200, no? I gambled and lost... except my only loss is the time it took to open, examine, laugh, photograph and post this since seller is paying return shipping. You miss 100% of the shots you never take. >>

Feel free to gamble. My time involved in opening the package, laughing, notifying the seller of a return, and repackaging is worth more than the difference between what you paid and the value of a real VF with no problems. Soon enough you'll run in to someone that will make your time worth even less.
Gotta give ya props for sharing a FAIL though. Most gamblers only wanna boast about their rips/scores while conveniently forgetting about the losers.

Unknown · September 12, 2013 7:55AM

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Alltheabove76 · September 12, 2013 8:04AM

I wish you had pics and not scans. Would be a lot easier to tell whats going on.

Unknown · September 12, 2013 8:13AM

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ColonelJessup · September 12, 2013 8:46AM

Even third-tier Chinese counterfeiters wouldn't let that one get past Quality Control.

GeorgeKellogg · September 12, 2013 3:07PM

To me it has the look of a sand casting.

astrorat · September 12, 2013 10:18PM

<< Looks like a die-struck counterfeit from very crude spark erosion dies.

TD >>

Yep, that sounds about right ... and their obverse die cracked in the process! There are no known 75-CC double dimes with an obverse die crack above the shield as in this example.

IrishMikey · September 13, 2013 4:57AM

This is a typical Chinese counterfeit. The crude CC was added to the die after the transfer process,
which is why it looks so different from the fields and devices around it. Pretty good images, by the way.

TwoSides2aCoin · September 13, 2013 5:01AM

lol col.
Roughly translates to: ror cor.

flied lice and egg loll

Confirmation of a counterfeit, please ('75-CC 20c)

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