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Re: You want the truth here it all is hope you can handle it
de·ceive Pronunciation[di-seev] Pronunciation verb, -ceived, -ceiv·ing. –verb (used with object) 1. to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter. 2. to mislead or falsely persuade others; practice deceit: an engaging manner that easily deceives.… -
Re: Daniel Carr finally issues 1964-D fantasy overstrike
<< <i>BTW, FWIW, I was reminded today of another case where a genuine U.S. coin was overstruck with false dies to change the date. The coin in question was what appeared to be a 1977/6 cent, which came into the Coin World office in 1977. With the owner's permission, we sent it to the Mint Lab in Washington, D.C. The head… -
Re: This has got to be fake!
It's a fake, made with False Dies. Tom Delorey explained how these are made: (paraphrased) A Sheet of aluminum or brass is folded over, and a coin is placed between it, and then pressed into a vise. The incused impression of the coin design will be on the metal sheet. Do it again, moving the coin a bit, and press it once… -
Re: Be careful out there Folks!
<< <i>Yes, as discussed there, it is a counterfiet second strike; I believe these were made in the late 1960's, here in Southern Calif. There are lots of NG Silver Quarter errors, mostly with no dates showing, but the D mintmark on the reverse; lots of 1964, or No Dated Silver Kennedy Halves; There are characteristics to… -
Re: Best Book for Spotting Counterfeits/ Tooled Coins?
<< <i> << <i>What's tooling mean? I believe that it is the moving around of metal, using a A"Tool", to make/change a number or mintmark, for example. >> Not according to the lingo definition. And that's what I'm talking about. Tooling doesn't mean someone fooling with a coin like you and PerryHall said. It's a name for… -
Re: Is this Lincoln error real???
<< <i>Good Morning - I'd say it's a counterfeit 2nd Strike, with false dies. (based on what I can see in the scans) It's very similar in appearance to most of the Double Struck in collar Cents that are illustrated in the old Spadone book on Mint errors - it was either done around the same time as those in the book… -
Re: For the cud experts-- where exactly does that broken piece of die go when it breaks off?
<< <i>I am not sure if a cud is a continuum, or whether Coin 1 is cudless and Coin 2 magically has a cud. >> Sometimes, sometimes not. Most cuds start as die cracks which lengthen, go rim to rim, widen, and then the piece of the die breaks away. (It is possible for a die to go straight from good to BANG a piece breaks… -
Re: Complaints, suggestions and questions for Joe Orlando...
The distinction is that the resulting piece is a coin struck as intended by the mint pursuant to law. The certification, thus, is for the new coin and not the obliterated host coin. In Carr's case, only the first, now mutilated design of the host coin is relevant as the other is an unofficial private strike made from false… -
Re: Chinese or Domestic?
FWIW, I saw some fake S.L. quarter errors back when I was with ANACS (till 1984). Those consisted of a genuine normal coin given a false second strike off-center, and a false off-center strike on a genuine silver quarter planchet, both from the same pair of counterfeit dies. The off center was positioned to show a date… -
A New Roman Bronze
After a harrowing trip from Germany this arrived on my shores. Constans, the son of Constantine the Great, was born in c. AD 320. His mother was the ill-fated Fausta who Constantine had executed in AD 326, possibly for her role in bringing false charges against Constantine's older son Crispus resulting in his execution. It…
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