1944 Steel Cent on ebay - altered date or wholly counterfeit?
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The date looks wrong aside from the fact it looks more copper than steel
And the missing details at the temple, neck and lapel. Wassup wid dat? Does it indicate plating?
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It looks like a counterfeit to me. The date is not right. It should be the same as the date on a 1944 bronze cent. They were struck for the same dies. The OP coin looks Unc., but the design elements are fuzzy. That's an indicator of a counterfeit.
Do you really have to ask… obvious counterfeit.
Not altered but a complete fabrication.
It is a modern fabrication. For one thing, note the loss of details from the temple to the ear, and in the coat to the left of the date.
NG
Mercury dipped if not magnetic
If slightly magnetic, could be a chrome plating shop nickel plate.
Look Ma! Abe is still recovering from his nose lenghtening!
With my limited photo editing skills I was able to create a side by side of the Coin for sale and a known genuine 1944. The nose, beard, bow tie, liberty are nothing alike. Can't people with $1000 + to bid on this coin do the same thing?
If you are ethically challenged, there is a lot of stupid money to be harvested in coins.
That is an almost comically bad counterfeit. The graininess and flat areas throughout the relief are dead giveaways, and the date numerals are all wrong.
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$3,550 ~19h left
It has the appearance of a recently produced product by an overseas charlatan. Soft, mushy details abound.
IF it was to be taken serious, it would require be TPG certified.
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The nose and beard are wrong.. And where is the S mintmark?
Reported. Hopefully a fake this obvious will get zapped.
We will see - I have not had much success with the fake 09SVDBs lately.
The coin is an obvious counterfeit but why would there need to be an S mint mark?
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
I just reported it for the second time. But I’ve had a poor record of success in my reports over the past few months.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Geeeez........ Over $10,000 with 8 hours to go. Those bids can't be legitimate.
C'mon! That's the super rare decapitated '44 steel variety.
Feld likes to “buy” counterfeits once in a while.
No response yet from my report. Maybe someone live is actually reviewing it, but time is running out.
Sold $10,100
Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc
Yes, it's been years. But I use to "buy"
counterfeits and other coins I knew the sellers didn't actually have and were trying to scam buyers.
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It looks like we don't see too many of these steel cents is because they sent them to Cyprus.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256801113654?_skw=steel+cent+1944&itmmeta=01JMGDJNVMWGME08BVYAH6R8S4&hash=item3bca8a0636:g:dBoAAOSw4ORnncmA&itmprp=enc:AQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1csPltaDsYwFnSIqNxLhUnDr9rPpDs9Axn3m7gpejxiWs9IP4u8CmCu1GWlCigBJO8uzp7KPnb2EVgoI0pFu84kc1hu4MXdwokm8eUtc/R7pP+hHBtYyN3DexoWEOYi0P5Xh9zIDp0+uzj/538gQUvb5p+V4+b9z+xGdcHJjwuzslQrtXHieArhIYxuK6SxgRw/Mmu49GntaMNMHhMBE5hw74uiBJwpAsklPxsrO6sJh0cXyUB/Mg8sWUMS7ofenTMaYsr7lgInueHNKGotJ2I8R15u6wU2MzzCTLdTO7/vfw==|tkp:Bk9SR4Leyo2kZQ
That is the “Huge S” variety - possibly unique!