Certified Counterfeit 1899 Barber Quarter article by Jack D. Young
Zoins
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Interesting post on CoinWeek regarding an authenticated 1899 Barber Quarter.
Keep your eyes open and keep reporting coins.
Jack D. Young wrote:
Crude lettering, mushy LIBERTY, and leaves on the counterfeit (at top); Proper letters, sharp LIBERTY, sharp leaves on the genuine coin (at bottom).
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Thank you for the post @Zoins ; there was much discussion in this forum and a lot of help from members here and a friend in the Barber Coin Collectors Society on this one!
It can take a village! Glad it all came together on this one!
Thank you for posting. I appreciate all of the long term work the community has done to document these counterfeits. That vigilance keeps hobby healthy!
I too read this on CoinWeek this morning. Although not my series, I really enjoyed the article and appreciate all the contributions and work that went into it. 👍🏻
ANA LM
USAF Retired — 34 years of active military service! 🇺🇸
Excellent article with good pictures and specific information. Cheers, RickO
Unbelievable to think that a common date Barber quarter made it through a TPG.
Very interesting.................and eye opening!
Pete
This is the 3rd in a series of Coin Week articles I am writing about authenticated counterfeits; if you like the article I would appreciate comments left there!
Cool comments received; really appreciate it!
What TPG slabbed this?
According to this post on Cointalk...
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fs-901-ddr-1899-barber-quarter-fake.339299/
it was slabbed by PCGS.
It was here as well and closed for comments at page 2: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1020184/counterfeit-coin-counterfeit-holder-or-is-someone-posting-misinformation-about-our-host/p2