USA Bar Cent
Picker1954
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I just couldn't bid on this as there are too many fakes around.
https://hibid.com/lot/103797611/usa-bar-cent/?q=&ref=watch-list
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You were wise, I don't like it at all.
bob
Looks fake.
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You’d think any 1/2 way decent faker would know that the first line of the ‘A’ is supposed to run underneath the ‘S’ … among other things.
Looks fake to me too.... not that I've seen a huge number of these but, the surfaces give that cast copy feel...
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Cast crap
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Hope the auction winner can get their money back:
"Price Realized 1,000.00 USD"
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Are you sure about that, as John Adams Bolen's counterfeit Bar Cent was below the S and PCGS Coin Facts was above as was CoinWeek's. Not anything I am proficient at, so not being accusatory, but curious and hope someone far better acquainted with the Bar Coin diagnostics than myself.
Jim
John Adam Bolen's Counterfeit
Coin Facts
CoinWeek article https://coinweek.com/us-coins/early-american-coins-the-bar-cent-and-counterfeits/
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That coin (OP) appears to be a cast fake....Cheers, RickO
In the 1960s, this was one of the most commonly faked coins.
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The Bar Cent is another example of a coin that you should only buy if it has been slabbed by a major TPG. Fakes galore!
Not much to look at, is it?
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