Contemporary Counterfeit Seated Half dollar pickup...

NumisOxide

BINd this last week. Seller listed it as a genuine coin. Found this type listed on the LSCC website as 1877-102. LinkI believe it to be the same. The biggest give away is the so-called ostrich neck of liberty and brass colored. I also noticed that on mine Liberty's face looks doubled.

braddick

Nice!
Interesting how some of these contemporary counterfeits are more desirable than an original.

ranshdow

Originally posted by: braddick
Nice!
Interesting how some of these contemporary counterfeits are more desirable than an original.

Yeah, like a Henning nickel. The only real Jefferson nickels that come close in price in circ grades are the doubled dies and the repunched mint marks.

AmazonX

Beauty. I love the jacked up stars to the left of her head. My goal is to get one like yours. I only have cast copies in my collection.

dcarr

That is a neat one.

Quite a while back I bought a small collection and it had this coin in it.
It has a silvery-brass color and it is definitely a vintage counterfeit from hand-cut dies.
Is this one of the LSCC listed vintage counterfeits ?



Edit: Apparently not as it doesn't match 1877-101 or 1877-102.

NumisOxide

Dcarr, that looks like a new discovery.

SaorAlba

I like the counterfeits from that era - we in the 21st century oft forget how much counterfeiting was going on during that time - during the Civil War up to a third of currency in circulation was forged.

ricko

At that time, counterfeiting coins was profitable....now, the ROI simply is not achievable.

Cheers, RickO

LanceNewmanOCC

Originally posted by: ricko

At that time, counterfeiting coins was profitable....now, the ROI simply is not achievable.

Cheers, RickO

how did you come to that conclusion?

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ebaybuyer

if you figure in the time, effort, investment in material etc that would go into making a counterfeit half dollar that would pass today, then remember that its a half dollar, its easy to arrive at that conclusion

Davideo

You can just counterfeit casino tokens instead: http://www.gamblingsites.com/i...ers/louis-colavecchio/

dcarr

Originally posted by: coinJP
Dcarr, that looks like a new discovery.

Is there any person or entity that I should report it to ?

PS:
And don't say "the Secret Service"

oih82w8

Originally posted by: dcarr

Originally posted by: coinJP

Dcarr, that looks like a new discovery.

Is there any person or entity that I should report it to ?



PS:

And don't say "the Secret Service"

Just stay where you are and be on the lookout for black helicopters.

NumisOxide

Originally posted by: dcarr

Originally posted by: coinJP
Dcarr, that looks like a new discovery.

Is there any person or entity that I should report it to ?

PS:
And don't say "the Secret Service"

Go to the LSCC website on seated contemporary counterfeits. It tells you who to contact. I would link it but I'm on my Android.

LanceNewmanOCC

Originally posted by: ebaybuyer

that would pass today,

didnt see that someone specified that caveat. may have changed my inquiry.

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if this is new, gratz to speciman.

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dcarr

Originally posted by: coinJP

Originally posted by: dcarr

Originally posted by: coinJP
Dcarr, that looks like a new discovery.

Is there any person or entity that I should report it to ?

PS:
And don't say "the Secret Service"

Go to the LSCC website on seated contemporary counterfeits. It tells you who to contact. I would link it but I'm on my Android.

Found it, thanks.
Reported.