What type of Fugio restrike is this?

EXOJUNKIE · January 15, 2018 10:36AM

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 · January 15, 2018 11:38AM

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

Insider2 · January 15, 2018 12:08PM

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 · January 15, 2018 12:17PM

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

Gluggo · January 15, 2018 12:26PM

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 · January 15, 2018 6:49PM

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 · January 15, 2018 6:59PM

@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 · January 15, 2018 8:41PM

@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 · January 16, 2018 5:26AM

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

ricko · January 16, 2018 6:33AM

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 · January 16, 2018 12:45PM

Good thing Eric Newman did all that research and writing!

yosclimber · January 16, 2018 5:18PM

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

What type of Fugio restrike is this?

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