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Boy I wanted this one. Too bad it's a fake.

DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
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I'd sure love to add a 91-D to my rotated die Kennedy set. I keep hoping. The coin below was a risk, as it was being sold raw on Ebay, but the risk was mitigated by buyer's protection and paypal payment. We'll see how the return works out.

Obverse 91-D circ.
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Reverse (still in the seller's holder)
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On my homemade gauge.
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Here's a little problem. A seam in the rim.
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Rim close-up
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The obverse was lathed, and inserted with a trimmed reverse at an angle. Seems like a bunch of trouble for such an inexpensive coin.
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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Seems like a bunch of trouble for such an inexpensive coin. >>



    Unless you can sell it to the right bidder on eBay. image

    Russ, NCNE
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  • xbobxbob Posts: 1,979 ✭
    That could be a magic trick coin. I have one similar that's used for a trick called "Scotch and Soda". (Try Google on that). The trick comes with a plastic ring used to bang the reverse out of the coin.

    If you could bang out the reverse, you might find a fake Mexican Centavo on the other side.

    edit: here's a link to one -
    Scotch and Soda
    -Bob
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  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Russ........bite me. image
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Did your really expect me to pass that one up? image

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    image No way. I expect MM any time now. image
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Not me!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • PhillyJoePhillyJoe Posts: 2,700 ✭✭✭✭
    Don, are you saying my two-headed 1964 Kennedy might not be real?image


    Joe
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  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Oh geez, there are enough of us here to hold a meeting. image
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Too good to be true on that one Don,


    Thats tuff! Ill bet the e-bay seller knew it all the way!! and found a sucker!!
  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    OK, it's a quorum. image
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • PhillyJoePhillyJoe Posts: 2,700 ✭✭✭✭
    Why don't we flip to see who calls the meeting to order.

    I have a half dollar right here.

    I'll call "heads" image

    Joe
    The Philadelphia Mint: making coins since 1792. We make money by making money. Now in our 225th year thanks to no competition. image
  • Wolf359Wolf359 Posts: 7,656 ✭✭✭
    That stinks image Rotated dies are always tough.

    At the Baltimore Show today, I did see a 1981 Kennedy (business strike) with the reverse strike of a quarter actually embedded into the obverse of the Kennedy coin. ANACS thinks it's probably geniune, it's being submitted. The weight and thickness of the planchet needs to be checked. But everybody who saw it, thinks it's real.
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  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Man, put up a pic. That sounds cool. image
    Developing theory is what we are meant to do as academic researchers
    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor

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