A couple interesting counterfeits that were in a collection I just bought
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Thought these were pretty interesting.
A what looks and feels like lead ike dollar and large cent, a gold plated counterfeit morgan dollar with a rotation issue, and a modern nickel that's definatly fake.
Also had a bunch of marked copy double obverse peace dollars all having the exact Mark's on one side. Have no idea what these are for.
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Wow. Jefferson looks angry - that someone would go to the trouble to counterfeit him.
What are the dimensions on the Morgan? Weight? If weight is right, thickness?
bob
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Nice! I'll take the Ike and the nickel.
Same reason the guy in the 1950s did it. Much less likely to be noticed and if you can produce one cheap enough you can dump a lot into commerce and make a lot of money illegally. If I was the illegal sort, and I’m not, I’d try to dump them in slot machines and try my luck
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Thanks, super underweight. Typical silver over copper or brass.
bob
Two-Face movie souvenir peace dollar
Yeah, but back in 1950 a three nickels would buy you a gallon of gas. Today three nickels won't even get you a phone call. I doubt anyone has counterfeited hundreds of thousands of these Jefferson nickels for a "payday". More than likely it is simply a coin prop for a movie or TV set.
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Have no idea what these are for.
They are for ripping off unsuspecting people of their hard earned money.
They couldn't even spell Trust correct - Jefferson.
It’s a rare mint error! Better sell on eBay!
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Now your talking.
It's just strange that they say copy and they all have the same identical Mark's on them. The collection I bought had great stuff and it was well cataloged but these were the only things just thrown in a bag with no label.
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Looks like missing "UM" of "UNUM". Greasey "die".
Nasty looking bunch of fakes...glad they were in a separate bag...indicates the collector knew they were bad and just segregated them. Cheers, RickO
The Jefferson could have been made in somewhere, perhaps China, where cheap materials and cheap labor could offset the costs of manufacturing it. I saw one of these at a bank about 5-6 years ago, the teller showed it to me but they were under orders from the bank manager that it had to be turned into the Fed(She's right) but damn I wanted to buy it.
The jefferson nickel is magnetic
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