How often were 1840 lib seated dollars forged?

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• tradedollarnut Posts: 20,296 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 23, 2006 12:06PM

  Yes, there are modern Chinese fakes.

  Early Dollar Set

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• MrEureka Posts: 24,514 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 23, 2006 12:10PM

  I've never seen or heard of a contemporary counterfeit. Like TDN said, plenty from China recently, though.

  Andy Lustig
  
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• gemini12398 Posts: 885 ✭

  February 23, 2006 12:23PM

  I thought I saw one recently where the stars were poorly formed, not sharp points, symmetrical, etc. Is that the key? I am going to see someone this weekend who is selling one so I would hate to be disappointed.
  
  

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• construct Posts: 932

  February 23, 2006 12:25PM

  
  
  << <i>I've never seen or heard of a contemporary counterfeit. Like TDN said, plenty from China recently, though. >>
  
  
  
  Hey, Andy, are those Chinese fakes cast counterfeits? If so, weight and ring would be wrong. That would be the easy tip-off, I guess.

  The strangest things seem suddenly routine.

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• BlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 23, 2006 12:36PM

  
  I gave smoe away here last year (the fakes from China)
  
  They're underweight and way too thin. Not deceptive at all. As I remember, they were all 1840 -1841
  
  They are so plentiful as to be ubiquitous
  
  

  Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1

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