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  • oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 2,422 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One of the sloppier counterfeit jobs by Machin's Mills.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I found this one at a local antique shop several years ago. After I convinced them it was fake (they would not listen to details, but when I picked it up with a magnet, they agreed), I paid a couple of bucks to get it out of circulation. Cheers, RickO

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,599 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably my first ever counterfeit from an inheritance. Was I ever excited and back then their was no internet and I had limited access to quality books of the time. Just my red book.
    Jim



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  • OmegaraptorOmegaraptor Posts: 541 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 29, 2022 10:37AM


    "1843 Seated Half Dollar", likely a Civil War era contemporary counterfeit. 4 grams underweight, in hand the coin definitely feels underweight and almost hollow. Most likely cast in antimony.

    This, aside from another more corroded one is my only contemporary counterfeit.

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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @oldabeintx said:
    One of the sloppier counterfeit jobs by Machin's Mills.

    apparently my colonial counterfeit detection skills are for crap as all i see when i look at that (as if i saw it in the wild) is, "alright, i just found a sweet auctoria connec worth hundreds or even a few thousand!" only to post it on here and have my heart broken!

    honestly, the only thing i think i can pick on w/o some sort of reference is the bust looks like it is wrong for the type. that's all i got. :#

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  • metalmeistermetalmeister Posts: 4,595 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Came with a batch of Silver at face.

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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,546 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No need to say anything.............

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,546 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Then, of course, there's this:

    Pete

    "I tell them there's no problems.....only solutions" - John Lennon
  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,303 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A whole set of fake Morgans in a set of fake Dansco albums


  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,140 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fake Morgans in a set of fake Dansco's?!? That's gotta be the winner here so far @DNADave!! 👍🏻 👍🏻 🤣

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,216 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BillJones said:

    MS 612+? Is this on the new 700 point scale?

    And with a 60 in the code as well

  • burfle23burfle23 Posts: 2,596 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • BarberianBarberian Posts: 4,074 ✭✭✭✭✭

    3 rim nicks away from Good
  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,140 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • FrazFraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 5, 2022 8:07AM

    @MASSU2 said:

    What a hoot! Tony Beets and Dick Tracy. I love that piece.

  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OAKSTAR said:

    looks like 1/2 of a book end to me. ;)

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,140 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LanceNewmanOCC said:

    @OAKSTAR said:

    looks like 1/2 of a book end to me. ;)

    I was thinking of making a 2x2 flip for it! 😂 😂

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  • privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,636 ✭✭✭✭✭


    Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,829 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OAKSTAR said:

    Can we see the reverse? Looks like one of those 2 oz silver rounds.

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,140 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    @OAKSTAR said:

    Can we see the reverse? Looks like one of those 2 oz silver rounds.

    I don't think I have it anymore @PerryHall. It's an old picture. It was one of those large coins from some souvenir shop the kids got.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,829 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OAKSTAR said:

    @PerryHall said:

    @OAKSTAR said:

    Can we see the reverse? Looks like one of those 2 oz silver rounds.

    I don't think I have it anymore @PerryHall. It's an old picture. It was one of those large coins from some souvenir shop the kids got.

    It was probably one of those coasters to put your glass or mug on. They have been around for many decades and several US coin designs have been used.

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  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,660 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am not sure if this is contemporary ... it is incuse on both sides like a brockage ... the weight is a little light (10.63g) but diameter is good for a large cent ... I suspect it could have been used in commerce 150 years ago. ..


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