Is this 1846 Large cent a counterfeit?
BigDaddyz
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The date looks all wrong to me.
What do you think?
What do you think?
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-Paul
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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<< <i>Looks real to me. I doubt that a coin like this one in that low of a grade would be a target of counterfeiters. >>
Unfortunately, there have been reports of fakes of many low value coins such as circulated Ike dollars, and low value 19th century foreign minors. A Large cent would be worth far more than those reported fakes. Low value is no longer a shield against fakes. If a fake cost 5 or 10 cents to make and can be sold for $1 or $5, there is decent profit in it, and it likely is being done.
Maybe it was hammered out flat or something
The compare pick looked like N15.
Here's the reverse
-Paul
Edited to clarify.