Omega Counterfeits. Was the maker ever caught?

291fifth

I'm trying to find some background info on the Omega counterfeits. Does anyone know a good source for
info on them? Was the maker ever caught?

2bucks

I don't really know a good source for this information, but I do know he/she has never been caught.

saintguru

dippeddollarnut seems to know more than he should on the subject. Ask him.

BuffaloIronTail

Whoever Omega was...........they sure did some good work. Some of the best counterfiet stuff ever produced.

And what gall......or pride.......he or she had in their work....

To stamp the coin......sometimes that was the only way to identify it....

Pete

kranky

Of course, it's possible that Omega realized the smart thing to do was to stop "signing" his work, then went right back to it.

How would we know?

nwcs

No, I never did.

topstuf

This thread had better not end up with CHARLTON HESTON being the guy.

Conder101

I have to wonder how many people understand that one.

hiyosilver

<<This thread had better not end up with CHARLTON HESTON being the guy.>>


<<I have to wonder how many people understand that one. >>




A classic flick.

topstuf

<< <i>A classic flick. >>



I think it was a "talkie." Yeh, I'm sure. It was a "talkie."

AACoinCo

I have a nice Omega in a slab graded AU-50. If i get time in the morning i will post some cool pics! By the way guess the slab?

hiyosilver

<< A classic flick. >>



<<I think it was a "talkie." Yeh, I'm sure. It was a "talkie.">>





I still have 8-track tapes..........

kranky

<< <i>I have a nice Omega in a slab graded AU-50. If i get time in the morning i will post some cool pics! By the way guess the slab? >>



I disqualify myself, as I remember seeing it when you brought it to a PAN show a couple years ago.

Barry

<< <i>I have a nice Omega in a slab graded AU-50. If i get time in the morning i will post some cool pics! By the way guess the slab? >>


ACG

BuffaloIronTail

Ditto on ACG..........

.............or a newer PCI

Pete

PerryHall

<< <i>Whoever Omega was...........they sure did some good work. Some of the best counterfiet stuff ever produced.
>>



They weren't THAT good. They had raised tooling in several locations (Liberty's dress and several rays of the sun on the reverse) that can be seen with a magnifying glass. There are counterfeits today that are better.

BillJones

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<< <i>A classic flick. >>



I think it was a "talkie." Yeh, I'm sure. It was a "talkie."

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Yea, I think that it was even in color ... Right after they got the process down so that blue would show up on the film. Before that the ocean was green in color movies.

Seriously a few years ago I saw a film from the 1920s that featured Anna Maye Wong in a movie with roughly the same plot of "Miss Saigon.” It was part of box set of pioneer films that the American Film Institute put together. The film was silent, but it was in color. The colors were not bad except for the shots of the ocean, which were green. In the introductory notes it was explained that the process for recording the blue had not been perfected, which explained the anomaly.