1845-O counterfeit Seated Dime

JDinMissouri

this was found Oct. 9th 06 today was def. strange... first is there any counterfeit coin experts out there??? I found a piece today i was shocked to see one dime and an "O" when I cleaned it off... its comes up 48 VDI on my XLT... i thought is was a lead slug until the mud came off ... heres a pic of it seated dime... its way bigger and but you can clearly make out the markings 1845-O one dime but its def. pewter!!! hehe

UPDATE:i love the fake dime...Gerry Fortin the leading expert in seated dimes from http://p104.ezboard.com/bseateddimes is gonna use it in his seated dime counterfeit data base..he just told me!!!! I was also told that when it was made it probably looked just like a seated dime but when pewter corodes and becomes porous that it expands and that could account why it looks bigger hh all

JDinMissouri

here is the pic of the counterfeit coin sorry i messed up the post the first time ...jd

lordmarcovan

Wow, that is bizarre... and fascinating.

I think contemporary counterfeits like that are just about as cool to find than a real coin of the same type. Cooler, in some ways, from the point of intrigue.

millennium

Actually , when you think about it..it's pretty rare. Nice find!

headsplitter2

Nice find.