The Chinese have been making these for over a decade. Beth Diesher, from "Coin World" brought a whole set of them to a FUN seminar. They were in a counterfeit Dansco Album.
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Could be the images, but that grainy surface makes me think counterfeit.
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It's a fake.
Low quality fake unfortunately.
Poorly done counterfeit.
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It's a modern counterfeit.
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Terrible fake. Neat clash marks though.
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Aw man, sorry to say but that is an obvious counterfeit.
Dwayne F. Sessom
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Looks fake from this angle too.
Counterfeit.
The Chinese have been making these for over a decade. Beth Diesher, from "Coin World" brought a whole set of them to a FUN seminar. They were in a counterfeit Dansco Album.
Real Bogus ☹️
It gives new meaning to the words “soft strike” 😮
Grainy surfaces spells fake to me
It’s a fake ☹️
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Very bad fake!
Concrete is a bad finish for coins. Definite counterfeit and poorly done at that.
Jim
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Why, the shield fell off its stand!
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What was your friends take on the coin? How did your friend acquire the coin? What’s the rest of the story?
Someone ate his friend's lunch.
I didn't get past the reverse pic and was like, nope.
Those fakes have that look that once you see it a few times, you kinda know you better pause.
I hope they didn't spend alot on it.
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Definitely fake... Too bad, hope your friend did not lose a lot of cash. Likely turn him/her off of collecting coins for good. Cheers, RickO