Do you think this is a real pattern or test piece???

IndianHeadMan

Link

Shamika

Looks fishy.

Conder101

Date's alll wrong, contemporary counterfeit.

dorkkarl

it's a low-budget contemporary c/f. i'd buy it in a second!

K S

IndianHeadMan

bump

kieferscoins

Fake.

Cameron Kiefer

kieferscoins

I just received this friendly (unsolicited) e-mail through my website from the owner of the coin:



<< <i>I can assure you, the 1864 copper dime is not fake. For what it is, its real. With you saying its fake tells me you absolutely do not know what your talking about. Good to know we can find out who knows there stuff with folks like you around. It makes it easy! >>



Cameron Kiefer

JadeRareCoin

It is not a fake. It is a contemporary counterfeit. Ironically, it is worth more as a counterfeit than a real Seated Dime of that particular era (assuming a common date). It was probably made in the 1850's is my guess. I own several contemporarty (made during the era approximate to the date on the coin) counterfeit Bust and Seated coins. They are real pieces of Americana!

Dennis

kieferscoins

A contemporary counterfeit is still a fake US coin.

Cameron Kiefer

JadeRareCoin

A contemporary counterfeit is still a fake US coin.

Now we are into semantics, but you make a valid point.

ldhair

In it's day it was called a fake.
Now it's something special.
I don't see Cameron or anyone else being wrong here.
The email was out of line in my opinion.
I would buy it in a second.