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Pine tree Shilling....sure looks like a cast copy

I had a lady I know inherited some coins and came accross this 1652 Pine Tree Shilling. I told her it looked like a cast copy to me and she said that she took it to a dealer and he said it was real...asking opinions from the scans I took...Thanks

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  • DarkmaneDarkmane Posts: 1,021
    well if one dealer out of one thinks its real, at least you have a buyer =)
  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭
    IMO bad fake, here's a real one:

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  • slothman2000slothman2000 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭
    I told her that I was pretty sure that it was a federal offence to pass counterfeit coins as real....she was thinking the same thing....
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    I'd suggest that she might want to avoid doing business with the dealer she talked to.

    Russ, NCNE
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    She should sell it to the dealer who said it was real.image

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  • << <i>IMO bad fake, here's a real one:

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    Agreed, really bad.

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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    Yep, sure looks like a cast copy to me.

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  • slothman2000slothman2000 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭
    Thanks
  • KurtHornKurtHorn Posts: 1,382
    I got one that looks just like this. On the edge of mine it says: COPY BECKER

    Which lead to a whole road of discovery that was quite fun. Anyway, look on the edge....
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  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    total piece of worthless junk

    K S
  • slothman2000slothman2000 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I got one that looks just like this. On the edge of mine it says: COPY BECKER >>



    checked...nothing on edge...but thanks for the heads up
  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭✭
    this coin was sold in usa early colonial coin sets without the word copy on them i bought a set of them at a gift shop in the early 1970's when i was a pre high schooler in philadelphia penna close to the philly mint

    and the copper fake early colonial coins where much better made then this rat ass turd willow tree shilling

    i love this coin and i value it at 2 dollars

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