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10 Most Common Counterfieted US Coins according to NGC
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It's an interesting list, but I dare say that in recent times counterfeit Morgan Dollars from China have to be the most common fake coins. Many of those pieces are duplicates of common dates in circulated condition that are intended to fool novice and non collectors. As such their unfortunate owners never consider submitting them for authentication. Therefore they didn't make the list.
The Chinese are also producing many fake trade dollars.
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Certainly an informative list. However, as pointed out above, the flood of counterfeits from China (Morgans and Trade dollars) likely exceeds the listed coins. Just watching the posts here about fakes on ebay, substantiates that premise....and a quick internet search shows many more sources. Cheers, RickO
I disagree with some of this list. However, you all need to realize that crude fake coins from China are VERY SELDOM sent to NGC! That's why they are not on the list.
The reason they see so many $2 1/2 Indians is because most dealers are not very good authenticators! Of course, none of you are in that group.
Doesn't pertain to the OP list....But saw this in the shared orders list, and can't help myself:
Why? Is the term "counterfeit" being used for manufactured errors, maybe?
Just goes to show....nothing is safe.....
I agree about morgans and trade dollars being way at the top. The list is interesting, though, in that nearly half of it are $2.5 Indians.
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You have to also watch for embossed mintmarks. Very deceptive. Always check the edge of coins for tooling marks.
Buffalo Nickels are well known for this forgery.
Pete
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The only counterfeit US gold coin I ever purchased out of hundreds was a 1908-D $5 Indian, my only $5 Indian by the way. I purchased it back in the 70s for $67.00 and rejected by NGC a couple of years ago. Good news is it was gold and I sold it to a precious metal dealer for $300.00.
Since a lot (as in most) of the better coins in my collection were purchased before TPG became popular I guess I beat the odds on all my other US including my 1922 plain and 1909-S VDB cents.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Decades ago, before these alterations were published by the ANA, I missed the first embossed mintmark nickel coin I ever saw. Since then, I can count on one hand the number I have seen. I've seen more Morgan dollar alterations of this type since then. I look at a lot of coins on a daily basis. I have not seen any embossed alterations in almost fifteen years. I've been looking for one to photograph. While extremely deceptive to the unwary, I think the TPGS have driven them off the market and into old collections.
This. The original faker got away with murder because nobody thought to look at the edges until the fakes were exposed.
AFAIK, Norm Talbert, discovered these and alerted ANACS. I'll bet you were at ANACS then Capt.
Many of these come in fake TPG slabs already
These continue to fool the most people. Something to be said about the workmanship.
No 93s... or 89cc morgan?
Or 79CC, 85CC, 92CC, 93CC, 92S, 95S and can you believe I've seen counterfeit 83CC's. No surprise the 09S VDB was #1 and the 16D dime was #2.
I wouldn't think the list as posted by NGC represents what counterfeits are really out there. it is most likely a list based on what has been submitted to them.
That is surprising.