Contemporary counterfeits up for sale
CaptHenway
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From Coin World:
http://www.coinworld.com/news/...rary-counterfeits.html
Have never seen the 1878 Flowing Hair counterfeit half. Have handled one of the 1787's from the same maker who couldn't get his date punches right.
http://www.coinworld.com/news/...rary-counterfeits.html
Have never seen the 1878 Flowing Hair counterfeit half. Have handled one of the 1787's from the same maker who couldn't get his date punches right.
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
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It's the modern Chinese knockoffs that are troublesome.
Contemporary counterfeits are cool and collectable.
It's the modern Chinese knockoffs that are troublesome.
Pretty much anything that was made to fool a collector is trash.
Pretty much anything that was cast from a real coin and meant to pass as money is also trash.
But the fakes that were struck from hand cut dies and meant to circulate as money (confusingly referred to as "contemporary counterfeits") can be really interesting, and sometimes surprisingly valuable.
FWIW, I'm an avid collector of contemporary counterfeit coins of the Central American Republic. They're not only an important piece of the historical record, but they're tons of fun.
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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Contemporary counterfeits are cool and collectable.
It's the modern Chinese knockoffs that are troublesome.
The Lebanese counterfeits are troublesome as well.
Pretty much anything that was cast from a real coin and meant to pass as money is also trash.
I Disagree.
There are many transfer-die pieces (which circulated alongside genuine coins) that are worth significant premiums.
Such as:
1944 "Henning" nickels.
1923-D & 1930-D "Soviet" dimes.
Micro-o (and "family") privately-made VAM Morgan Dollars.