Barber 50c counterfeit

logger7

This Barber half was at a Massachusetts shop, weighed right but clearly a fake. Has anyone else come across one of these?

johnny9434

Omg, if the lettierng isint a dead give away. What a fugly looking thing 😳

jonathanb

That's really neat, and probably has some decent value. It's listed in Winston Zack's recent book on contemporary counterfeits, with a comment that it's struck in sterling silver.

291fifth

Great for passing in a poorly lit saloon of the era (and there were a lot of them).

johnny9434

@291fifth said:
Great for passing in a poorly lit saloon of the era (and there were a lot of them).

And/or really busy as well

BadMetal

Yes, this is a contemporary counterfeit and a variety I identify in my Bad Metal book as Z2-C. Very cool!

pursuitofliberty

@291fifth said:
Great for passing in a poorly lit saloon of the era (and there were a lot of them).

Do you remember?

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@BadMetal Hey Winston

MWallace

@pursuitofliberty said:

@291fifth said:
Great for passing in a poorly lit saloon of the era (and there were a lot of them).

Do you remember?

I don't. Why don't you tell us about it Todd?

CaptHenway

@291fifth said:
Great for passing in a poorly lit saloon of the era (and there were a lot of them).

Pretty good counterfeit for the era.

TomB

I love it!

johnny9434

@jonathanb said:
That's really neat, and probably has some decent value. It's listed in Winston Zack's recent book on contemporary counterfeits, with a comment that it's struck in sterling silver.

That might be worth taking a look at 🤔, just for the extra smarts