How often were 1840 lib seated dollars forged?

gemini12398

going to see one this weekend and want to avoid problems. Were these coins readily counterfeited?

David

tradedollarnut

Yes, there are modern Chinese fakes.

MrEureka

I've never seen or heard of a contemporary counterfeit. Like TDN said, plenty from China recently, though.

gemini12398

I thought I saw one recently where the stars were poorly formed, not sharp points, symmetrical, etc. Is that the key? I am going to see someone this weekend who is selling one so I would hate to be disappointed.

construct

<< <i>I've never seen or heard of a contemporary counterfeit. Like TDN said, plenty from China recently, though. >>



Hey, Andy, are those Chinese fakes cast counterfeits? If so, weight and ring would be wrong. That would be the easy tip-off, I guess.

BlindedByEgo

I gave smoe away here last year (the fakes from China)

They're underweight and way too thin. Not deceptive at all. As I remember, they were all 1840 -1841

They are so plentiful as to be ubiquitous