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MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Andy Lustig

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  • tjkilliantjkillian Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭
    You think?? image

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  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    But the gold color is so.......vibrant!
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  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭✭
    a semi official quasi late night unofficial pattern issue
  • hedgehog847hedgehog847 Posts: 371
    Looks like aluminium!
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They had a hard time mastering the Y in LIBERTY, so they decided to just hide it with a star.
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • NewmismatistNewmismatist Posts: 1,802 ✭✭
    Maybe the mint was "casting" a few die trial pieces - gold? or plated lead?
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,460 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Andy, is this a shameless plug for your inventory?? image
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Andy, is this a shameless plug for your inventory??

    Yes. I want people to think I'm in the business of selling counterfeit coins. image

    BTW, the coin is available for 29K to the first taker.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • CockneyCockney Posts: 418
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    Please ship to: Tim Brooksimage
  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    What gave it away as a counterfeit?imageimageimageimageimage









































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  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    I wonder how many 1974 aluminum cents were melted to create this fake? image
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wonder how many 1974 aluminum cents were melted to create this fake?

    It's not aluminum. It's tin, aka "white metal". More info here.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500 ✭
    very cool

    what is the diameter and denomination supposed to be?
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    what is the diameter and denomination supposed to be?

    $5. It's the same diameter as the originals.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Sweet strike and nice luster.
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  • NysotoNysoto Posts: 3,824 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat reverse with what appears to be triple cuds. Lots of cuds are found on early half eagles, have the dies for this "coin" been matched with known dies/die states?

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    Robert Scot: Engraving Liberty - biography of US Mint's first chief engraver
  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    That is really cool. I just assumed it was counterfeit.
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,419 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just assumed it was counterfeit.

    Of course. That's why I posted it. image
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • TorinoCobra71TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭
    I would bet the farm that it is FAKE...................image

    TorinoCobra71

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  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    It seems odd. I seem to feel that I have seen this piece before. Is this possibly struck from discarded mint dies? Possibly about the same time as the tin 1810 cent restrike?
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Conder---Andy gives a link in an earlier post in this thread that states it was struck from rusted discarded mint dies.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,811 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Andy, is this a shameless plug for your inventory??

    Yes. I want people to think I'm in the business of selling counterfeit coins. image

    BTW, the coin is available for 29K to the first taker. >>



    $29K? Well maybe to some else, but even if I had $29 K to spend on this, I could think of a lot of other things I want a lot more ...

    This is one of the Mickley restrikes that were made from salvaged U.S. mint dies. Some other illegitimate sisters of this piece include the 1811 half cent restrike, 1804 cent restrike and the 1823 cent restrike. There is also an 1806 half dollar with a postage stamp design for a reverse. image
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?

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