Counterfeit 1837 CBH

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• doh Posts: 6,457 ✭✭✭

  February 16, 2010 7:57AM

  Cool!

  Positive BST transactions with: too many names to list! 36 at last count.

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• SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭

  February 16, 2010 8:00AM

  Nice.
  
  Sometimes the counterfeits are worth more than the real thing. I'd be interested in hearing what an expert has to say.

  
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• fishteeth Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 16, 2010 8:07AM

  coin in that condition is probably worth more as a counterfeit. guess the maker didn't realize that they changed designs in 37
  
  

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• cwt Posts: 292 ✭✭✭

  February 16, 2010 8:19AM

  This appears to be a Davignon 1837 2B (based on the attributions in Keith Davignon's 'Contemporary Counterfeit Bust Half Dollars') which is a fairly common variety, but one which has according to that book "often been mistaken for genuine US mint experimental pieces".

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• johnny9434 Posts: 29,117 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 16, 2010 8:36AM

  sweeeeet (not)

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• MrEureka Posts: 24,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 16, 2010 8:51AM

  Nice piece, and definitely better than the real thing.

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• OKbustchaser Posts: 5,544 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 16, 2010 9:04AM

  
  
  << <i>coin in that condition is probably worth more as a counterfeit. guess the maker didn't realize that they changed designs in 37 >>
  
  
  
  One guess is that the maker didn't realize the design had changed. Another is that he realized that the common small town shopkeeper would actually be more likely to accept a coin that looked like what he was used to seeing rather than one with designs he had never seen (and possibly never even heard of).
  
  
  
  
  << <i>This appears to be a Davignon 1837 2B (based on the attributions in Keith Davignon's 'Contemporary Counterfeit Bust Half Dollars') which is a fairly common variety >>
  
  
  The Davigon book may call this piece "common", but one has to realize that "common" when it comes to bogus busties is usually considered to be a range of 10 to 20 known examples! IMO, definately underpriced at the 75 to 150 dollars that contemporary counterfeits seem to bring on ebay.
  
  
  
  (Actually, I appreciate that they are undervalued on the bay.)
  
  Edit to change 175 to 75. Bad typing--not bad pricing.

  Just because I'm old doesn't mean I don't love to look at a pretty bust.

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• mozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭

  February 16, 2010 9:14AM

  Prices on the counterfeit Bust Half Dollars go all over the place, but I would guess $60 on this one. There are some serious counterfeit Bust Half Dollar collectors, but the big money is in those examples that are not so common.

  I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.

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• TomB Posts: 22,027 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 16, 2010 9:53AM

  These are widely collected and very cool.

  Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography
  
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