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One of the nicer contemporary counterfeit Walking Liberty half dollars I've owned...

cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I acquired this 1942-D contemporary counterfeit over the weekend. I own several contemporary counterfeit WLH's, and this one is by far the best made one I've seen so far. The others have been far more mushy and lacking in detail. Based on the wear, this fooled some people back in the day...


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  • NewEnglandRaritiesNewEnglandRarities Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭✭

    Yes that one does look like it fooled many!

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,455 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That one appears to have worked long and hard in commerce going undetected.

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  • Manifest_DestinyManifest_Destiny Posts: 6,900 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool!

  • jayPemjayPem Posts: 4,081 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Silver wash?

  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,528 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Better made, and also one of the latest dated contemporary counterfeits I’ve seen.

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  • Che_GrapesChe_Grapes Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It’s still fooling me!

  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,749 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice!
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    Not to "counterfeit" your thread sir, but here my counterfeit walkers that I have (they appear to be lead). I added an 1874-S counterfeit trade dollar for reference.







    image
  • steve76020steve76020 Posts: 367 ✭✭✭

    look real to me whats the give away, pretend im a moron!!

  • VTchaserVTchaser Posts: 309 ✭✭✭

    i bet half my collection is counterfeit....i can never tell by looking at photos on line that a coin is real/fake

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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,923 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @steve76020 said:
    look real to me whats the give away, pretend im a moron!!

    1. Overall appearance is mushy and lacks detail
    2. The color is off. If you look closely you can see it had a silver-colored wash on it at one point to give it the appearance of being silver. From it's time in circulation, this has worn off on the high points of the design, revealing the darker 'pot metal' underneath.
    3. The rims are off. They are very thick for a WLH of this era, especially on the obverse.
    4. There is some porosity on both sides of the coin, indicating the coin could have been cast.
    5. I haven't weighed it, but having handled thousands of genuine ones, this one definitely feels light.
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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @cmerlo1- Will you get it slabbed?

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  • steve76020steve76020 Posts: 367 ✭✭✭

    these pictures are so bad you cannot tell anything from them

  • NewEnglandRaritiesNewEnglandRarities Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 4, 2023 2:00PM

    @steve76020 said:
    these pictures are so bad you cannot tell anything from them

    I generally agree bad pics make it tough sometimes. But in the case of these, many are pretty obvious. The OP coin is quite good for a counterfeit, and this is not an uncommon series to see counterfeits, especially cast counterfeits!

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  • BadMetalBadMetal Posts: 17 ✭✭

    Yes, for a cast counterfeit WLH your example is quite nice. Some die struck counterfeit WLHs are also quite good, such as this 1921 made from hand-made dies.


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