What type of Fugio restrike is this?

EXOJUNKIE

I have this Fugio restrike that I am hoping someone can help me identify. I know there are some different types (e.g. Becker, New Haven) but not sure if this is one of them or how to identify them. It measures 28mm and weighs 8.3 grams. Plain edge. Thanks in advance for any help!

MWallace

I don't know anything about it but I like it.

Insider2

IMO, this is not a restrike. I believe It is a very nice C/F and I should like to own it! The reverse has the thin rings of the New Haven coins but the sun does not match anything except some of the incomplete "restrikes" in Newman's book.

Colonialcoin

Looks to be a modern novelty. Certainly not a New Haven restrike.

Gluggo

While I don't have the exact link yet I believe its in here but this is for the 1776 one

https://www.so-calleddollars.com/Events/Continental_Dollars.html

I think I was wrong but here are a bunch on Ebay they calling it a Fugio Cent

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2055119.m570.l1311.R4.TR12.TRC2.A0.H1.X1787+.TRS0&_nkw=1787+fugio+cent&_sacat=0

yosclimber

It looks like one of the copies from Ali Express. You can own one for $1.28, free shipping...
https://aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-fugio-cent.html

EXOJUNKIE

@yosclimber said:
It looks like one of the copies from Ali Express. You can own one for $1.28, free shipping...

Yeah, thanks you're right they look very close although mine looks more "distressed" ... probably not difficult to do. I've owned mine for a few years. Any idea how long Ali Express has been in business?

yosclimber

@EXOJUNKIE said:
Yeah, thanks you're right they look very close although mine looks more "distressed" ... probably not difficult to do. I've owned mine for a few years. Any idea how long Ali Express has been in business?

AliExpress has been around since 2010.
But it is a web platform for multiple small companies in China, so the company that made these may have been making them before that date.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AliExpress

EXOJUNKIE

Well then, I guess this piece will find a new home in my box of counterfeits. Thanks all for the help and comments!

ricko

I am not a Fugio expert, but if that is a counterfeit (no reason to doubt it), it makes a nice one for the 'educational box'...Cheers, RickO

RogerB

Good thing Eric Newman did all that research and writing!

yosclimber

For comparison, here are images of the New Haven Restrike (104-FF),
from the excellent Notre Dame site (these are not linked from their main Fugio page).
https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinContents/DieCharts.html