Byers ✭✭✭✭✭

If Fred had attended the Long Beach coin show, I would have shown it to him. (View Post)

Not matching up a coin with die markers is not, by itself, definitive proof that the coin is counterfeit. There are coins that have been certified that were struck from unknown dies, that matched no … (View Post)

Andy is correct. All possibilities should be explored. Well it is on a $3 gold blank planchet. Not every unofficial concoction created in the U.S. Mint are struck under normal and ideal circumstances… (View Post)

You are welcome Mark. The purpose of this thread was to inform people about this counterfeit. Participation was lively, making it a very interesting thread about a very interesting ‘coin’. (View Post)

The size, weight and composition, IMHO have nothing to do with it, although creating a gold die trial for a U.S. coin looking like this didn’t help the counterfeiter. Die trials come in all shapes, s… (View Post)