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MrEureka
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If the coin is deceptive, tell us how you know it's fake.
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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here is a recent thread, where i highly suspected i had a cast/counterfeit Crown and promptly returned it to the seller:
click here for the original thread
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Hawaii quarter: cast counterfeit. Looks like fields were smoothed to hide porosity. Detail of raised metal in pic2. Casting bubble in pic3.
China 20c: cast counterfeit. Central details too sharp in relation to rest of coin, very porous.
Mexico 2c: struck? counterfeit. Mushy details, sharp rims. Sunken area surrounding each letter on reverse legend.
Cast counterfeit...you can tell because someone stamped BAD into each side.
1793 Warkwicshire Coventry 244 and up were contemporary counterfeits, some claim even the 1792 was a fake.
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1817 Durango 8 Reales. Was able to tell it's a counterfeit from a combination of factors - being not able to match the coin to any available plate, numerous hand-engraved elements, clear indication of a silver plate over less-pure cast core:
I'll post some Cap'n'Ray counterfeits tonight.
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Style is completey wrong and degenerate for the issue. Part of a counterfeit hoard released in the late 1990s I believe.
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Josh Moran
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A bit thicker than the real thing and with a look of a modern bronze plated steel coin (but i've seen darkened examples), some small details also wrong.
Jose
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Roman - Do any of those factors automatically condemn a W4I 8 Reales as fake? (Not that I don't also like contemporary counterfeits!)
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<< <i>Jose - I understand those 41's are different, but how do you know they're fake? Yes, I have seen them, but I don't know for sure what to think of them. >>
Andy, here's a link with more details:
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I've actually exchanged a few emails with John and there weren't much doubts that those were fakes, besides some wrong details the metal used is something you don't see on any 1941 coin.
Jose
Another crude imitation counterfeit. This time the size of 1 Real:
Sheffield Plated counterfeit, showing multiple chops that indicate circulation in the Orient, which is hard to believe due to a botched legend:
8 Reales Madness Collection
8 Reales Madness Collection
I returned the coin to the dealer with no problem
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
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I have had these Portugal silver 1954 10 Escudos coins since the 1960's
so the counterfeit is not from the usual source but was probably locally produced.
Portugal Silver 10 Escudos 1954 - Genuine
Silver, 30mm, 12.50gm, Krause KM-586
Portugal Silver 10 Escudos 1954 - Counterfeit
White metal, 30mm, 9.72gm
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Don
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<< <i>OMG! A siting of a Russian-American living in Canada yeti. Rare breed indeed. >>
Hiya Dan and Don!
Might be getting kicked-out of the country in the next few months. My work visa is expiring and I am relying on Canadian government to approve my "Labour Market Opinion" in order to extend my stay. With the current economy and the unemployment rates being what they are, there's a 50/50 chance they may not want to approve an American working in a position that a Canadian can occupy.
Fingers crossed, but I'm starting to look around at other opportunities in the States.
Haven't bought any real or counterfeit coins in a good 6 months, but I'm still trolling the forums and enjoying reading all of the new and exciting posts.
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on ebay now: 2-27-09
http://cgi.ebay.com/U-S-PHILIPPINES-1906-S-1-PESO-SILVER-COIN_W0QQitemZ270350877842QQihZ017QQcategoryZ45139QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem.
Coin appears a poor counterfeit. Has a curved serif on "1" it should be straight. Funny color grey, color is wrong , probably short some silver, or mixed alloy. Surface shows classic CF depressions above MT. Mayon, also lots of small bumps on surface. There is a lot of loss of details everywhere (feet, MT. Mayon slopes etc.), U.S. coins ( SF mint struck) are struck better than this. The "6" looks too large to rest of the date numbers. The original copied coin probably had an added "6" to it. Need larger photo to tell more.
Krueger
Photos of the 1906-S peso I described as CF in my last post.
krueger
my "Mexico 1898 Peso 1949 Restrike" article.
The first one is marked "COPY", the second one is not marked.
These are copies of the restrike peso, not the original coin.
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