Post your best counterfeit coin
Paradisefound
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Given to me as a study piece from a friend overseas ....... looks very real but feel funny in my hand
Thanks @burfle23 for the idea.
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Omega? Cannot get a clear sight on the reverse marker.
No ..... it's a common saints
Are you sure that coin is fake? I don't see anything in your pics that would lead me to think it's fake. I'd like to see better pics if at all possible.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
She said it's not real .... let me take close ups
What are the diagnostics/indicators for the counterfeit?
I've seen too many times when a genuine coin is proclaimed to be counterfeit in error.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Instead of measuring in oz's try grams. I think that 1.13oz would be a tad high, right? Should be about 1.08 oz?
bob
My brain is not computing ounces at the moment. LOL
What is it in grams?
I think I have the same scale, too.
It is overweight. Nice gift!! Nice friend.
I feel another freebie coming up! Ha ha!
To help my brain from overloading.
33.4g = 1.073 toz
Alright, now I see.
Bummer. But it could still be gold, right? Get it tested. Might have some value.
Maybe gold-plated tungsten?
Hmm... if so, then it would have to be ever so slightly thicker in some way since tungsten is slightly less dense than gold.
Interesting.
Time for the caliper. LOL
Nice counterfeit. I really like that saint.
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I have quite a few electrotypes but these 2 are about the best I have
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And this one is a struck copy. At first I thought it was a Chinese fake but it
Looks to good to be that, unless they are getting better.
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
This one was so good, it was purchased by an experienced coin dealer for $88,000 in 1980!
Real or not, I like it !!!
Here is the only one I am aware of and only because they told me so! However, in an earlier thread @jmlanzaf said I have a couple in a pic of several silver dollars. I still haven't figured out which ones he was talking about. I'm beginning to think he was just a lil' hot under the collar...
Maybe the scale is counterfeit.
@PipestonePete ..It does look a lil' odd but, what is the giveaway?
Sorry. They're all the worst.
The hair on top looks different?
I am unsure. I obtained it in 1982 by answering an ad in Coin World. It cost me $40 in 90% silver in trade. I sent this in to ANACS and it came back "non-genuine". I guess the seller's P.O. Box address should have been a big red flag.
My best counterfeit:
http://www.shieldnickels.net
@Paradisefound nice fake Saint! I still like mine better...
Right ON
Omega!
I only own one... That I know of.
Kinda scary how many fakes are out there. I suppose I will have some real fake ones to post one day. And before you say anything, slabbed are faked too...
DANG -- wish these included the features that counterfeited them -- THANKS for posting!
What are pipe stones? I think I might have saw a few of them today at a jewelry/coin store. I remember seeing what looked like lil elephant tusks coming out of brass fittings, what looked like an old straight pipe. If so, let me know and I will go back and take pics for you.
I'm going back tomorrow anyway for some UC & PC sets.
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BINGO ........@PipestonePete handle is .........
"A town from my childhood with my nickname added to it"
Are you being funny?
NO.... check the thread called "How'd you decided on your "handle" ?" by @topstuf
Yes, you are and I grew up there too cept the nickname was Bob
Noooo ........ it's his childhood town! Mine is way South in the Pacific
Ohhh whoops I get off subject easily
....then.... yours would be like this then 'PipestoneBob'
I ttt'd it up for you .... check it out
Couldn't find the thread at the moment but, at that moment for some reason Nugent came to mind and only had to change one word. Plus, I figured a coin scratch would make people itch a lil
It's almost on top now
Could be this
http://www.livingdrums.com/pipes.htm
Or this
https://www.nps.gov/pipe/index.htm
Was there not another marker on the obverse for the Omega?
The S mintmark doesn't look like the right shape or style so it may be an added mintmark.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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Me too. I could see that one deceiving a dealer at a show.