counterfeit 1898 barber quarter

demodigger

dug these today. the quarter is slightly thinner and looks like silver. will have my coin dealer look at it next week.

ricko

Counterfeiting has been done since money was invented.... but really surprising to dig one. Is that a pocket watch or a compact?? Cheers, RickO

johnny9434

id like to get a better look at that ( i think ) medal

demodigger

notice the thin lettering and smaller stars. just about everything is a little off.

lordmarcovan

You sure it's a counterfeit and not just a weirdly warped out Barber? I found a Merc dime once that was almost the diameter of a nickel. It had been in a fire, and got melted/stretched somehow. Really I only found half of it. That half has since crumbled into many little fragments inside the flip I put it in, over the last few years, since it was really brittle. I have no doubt it was a real coin, once, though, and from the 'teens. Found a lovely AU 1916 Barber dime on the same site.

I guess if you say the lettering is off, though, it's a contemporary fake (I can't really tell from the pix... no... I do sorta see what you are sayin' about the thin letters- interesting!)

Cool! I'd just as happily dig a contemporary counterfeit as a genuine coin of the same type. My 1782 Irish "Hibernia" halfpenny is one such contemporary counterfeit I've found.

What is that interesting foblike thing? I can't quite make out the lettering.

demodigger

Had my coin dealer check it out. It weighs less and is not brittle. He agrees that it is a counterfeit, but a poorly made one. This came from a dump that dates no later than 1907. The other thing with melted writing looks like an old carriage.

ebaybuyer

that barber looks acid dipped, i would consider taking i to a jeweler for a composition test. could also have been a "shipwreck find"

avenue7

How likely is it to dig out a counterfeit?