My latest Coin Week article on a Bad 1901-S Barber quarter
burfle23
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I wrote this article with support from friends in the Barber Coin Collectors Society since I am an early copper guy.
Without images of the edge it is hard to confirm if it is a "put together coin" or struck, but we have not seen others, suggesting it is a unique counterfeit.
Ironic there was a similar coin (with the correct reverse type) in the previous RCMR.
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Great work helping to inform & protect the coin community!
Thank you! Really appreciate all of the work you do!
The wear on the reverse does not seem to match that on the obverse. Is that something that is seen on the genuine coins?
If it isn't would seem to suggest that the piece may be put together from two different coins.
Thanks for the information... The rim should definitely alert observant collectors. Cheers, RickO
Correcto ricko.
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A similar graded genuine example:
Aside from the wear,seeing two significantly different "looks" front and back in the OP images.The edge needs to be examined carefully for evidence of tampering with the reeding. Almost impossible for a counterfeiter to get an exact alignment of reeds by simply "sandwiching" two coin halves.
“I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am. When two expeditions of scientists, financed by the Royal Academy, went forth to test my theory of relativity, I was convinced that their conclusions would tally with my hypothesis. I was not surprised when the eclipse of May 29, 1919, confirmed my intuitions. I would have been surprised if I had been wrong. I am enough of the artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein- quoted in Saturday Evening Post interview (1929)
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” For Einstein, honesty was fundamental. Attention to truth in small things reflected a person’s integrity on a larger scale.
The on-line cert for the subject example has been removed.
Nice!
Great information and I was not aware of the Type III reverse difference!
Everyone of my research efforts results in my learning something new as well @giorgio11 ! My experience is with early copper, so every time I go out of my comfort zone I lean on specialists of the subject series in the process. Have joined a number of coin clubs and learned a lot through the effort!
Thanks for the posting @burfle23
I am a little wiser today.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
Thanks!