Contemporary Bogus Coins
braddick
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I thought it would be fun to pull out a few of the contemporary counterfeits I've collected over the years. Included in the mix are two altered halves I thought were cool.
If you have coins like this, please share! I enjoy looking at them.
peacockcoins
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Those are all quite cool!
I don't know anything about counterfeit nickels... seems like a lot of trouble for 5c?
Let me dig around and see if I can find anything that I haven't posted recently..
Is the Stone Mountain actually counterfeit or was it a real coin that was carved?
I think your 1873 half dollar is actually genuine, but with hand tooling to outline the design details.
I also think the 1916-S nickel is genuine.
The Stone Mountain half dollar is hard to tell from the pictures, but it looks like a genuine coin that was carved.
The 1944 no-"P" nickel is definitely a Henning (vintage counterfeit).
The Bust half dollars are both vintage counterfeits as well.
"Included in the mix are two altered halves I thought were cool."
The half dollars- Seated and Commemorative are genuine coins. I like the carving done on these and added their photos to this thread because of it.
peacockcoins
The 1916 is definitely a counterfeit. The buffalo is too thick and this is a well-known contemporary counterfeit. I did purchase all of these coins aware of their status and am filling up a Dansco 7070 typeset with these. Some are Moonlight Mint creations, but the rest are all fake coins from the period.
peacockcoins
It does look just like this one:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1022386/
Now that I see clearer pictures I agree that it is a vintage counterfeit.