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  • coinsarefun
    coinsarefun Posts: 21,781 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @TPRC said:

    @coinsarefun said:

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    They are both educational and seductive!

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    LOL….edit for typo. I do hate iPhone autocorrect. Plus, I can assume they are seductive too.

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  • braddick
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    I picked these up a couple of days ago. I would have missed them had it not been for opening the "is this a proof half-cent" thread and then check the seller's other listings.
    (Seller's photos)
    I look forward to all of them arriving.





  • WilliamF
    WilliamF Posts: 866 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Recently picked these 3 up from Braddick, not sure which of these are contemporary or modern but I think the seated liberty is most likely contemporary, some sort of rough pot metal that has zero ring to it, also underweight by a fair bit.

    They capped bust half dollar is probably a little more modern, but I think it actually saw circulation at some point, it looks to have actual circulation wear/damage on it, not manufactured wear.

    The 1795 Silver Dollar is the most impressive of these three, it weighs exactly what it should, and even has the correct silver content... Still a counterfeit though...


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  • WilliamF
    WilliamF Posts: 866 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Here's another I've had for a while, not sure if it's contemporary or not but it is neat!


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  • LanceNewmanOCC
    LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @braddick said:
    I picked these up a couple of days ago. I would have missed them had it not been for opening the "is this a proof half-cent" thread and then check the seller's other listings.
    (Seller's photos)
    I look forward to all of them arriving.

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    ok. those are blowing my mind. that last one netherlands/japan(china?) example is just looney toones!

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  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • Barberian
    Barberian Posts: 4,643 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1860/4-S half recently on eBay.

    Another recent eBay old counterfeit.

  • dcarr
    dcarr Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 8, 2022 10:22PM
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    @braddick said:
    I picked these up a couple of days ago. I would have missed them had it not been for opening the "is this a proof half-cent" thread and then check the seller's other listings.
    (Seller's photos)
    I look forward to all of them arriving.





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    I saw those and thought about buying them, just for the "weirdness".
    But I did buy the possible proof 1855 large cent and these two oddities that I saw listed just prior by the same seller (seller's pictures):

    1935 "six-cent piece":

    1831 Bust Quarter silver "cob":

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    The seller stated the following information about them:
    "Impressive fantasy creation of late Massachusetts numismatist Scott Barker. Please note, this is a fantasy issue made for collectors, not a US mint issue."

    One similar item that was offered in the group was struck on a US 1990 zinc cent. So I would assume that all of these were made around 1990 or later.

    I had never heard of "Massachusetts numismatist Scott Barker" before.

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  • CaptHenway
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    Love the 1831 quarter!

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  • Legacy
    Legacy Posts: 96 ✭✭✭✭
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    1857 Liberty Seated Half. This weighs 8.5 grams which is light. Probably made of lead.

  • Mike59
    Mike59 Posts: 424 ✭✭✭✭
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    1883 Racketeer nickel


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  • braddick
    braddick Posts: 25,183 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Mike59 said:
    1883 Racketeer nickel


    Is yours reeded?
    Every time I attempt to purchase one of these on eBay the closing auction price is over the moon.

  • NumisOxide
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    @CaptHenway said:
    Love the 1831 quarter!

    Me too! How was that made?!

  • Mike59
    Mike59 Posts: 424 ✭✭✭✭
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    @braddick said:

    @Mike59 said:
    1883 Racketeer nickel


    Is yours reeded?
    Every time I attempt to purchase one of these on eBay the closing auction price is over the moon.

    No Reeding its smooth like a nickel. I guess the guys who made this one didnt have the money to reed these.
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  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 6, 2024 8:00PM
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    @SaorAlba said:

    Allegedly a Colombian counterfeit sold into Ecuador where they actually circulate

    What makes you allegedly think this is a counterfeit? It looks genuine to me.

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  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • MapsOnFire
    MapsOnFire Posts: 236 ✭✭✭
    edited November 8, 2024 2:51PM
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    Found several of these when I was searching bags of Ikes about fifteen years ago.

  • MapsOnFire
    MapsOnFire Posts: 236 ✭✭✭
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    And several of these in the same bags:

  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • OAKSTAR
    OAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 12, 2025 6:50AM
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    @OAKSTAR said:

    @SaorAlba said:

    Allegedly a Colombian counterfeit sold into Ecuador where they actually circulate

    What makes you allegedly think this is a counterfeit? It looks genuine to me.

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

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