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Re: Good educational coin.. Fake Error
I can say with full certainty that the 15-S Cent was not multi-struck at the Mint. I use the term 'false dies' - It happens to all denominations, as the Kennedy half shows - I've seen Morgan's and Peace Dollars also struck from 'false dies' -
Good educational coin.. Fake Error
Thought you guys would like to see this to know what a fake in collar multi-strike looks like. It looks very convincing at first but the obvious tell at first glance is the full rims with broadstruck style bowing. So what we have here is a counterfeit error made with partial false dies -
Re: Good educational coin.. Fake Error
I suppose the false partial dies could have been squeezed with a vice instead of struck by a press which may be what he meant. Look at the lower left obverse rim. So technically a vice job, just not what we typically think of how the term is used. If you look at it It does seem that the impressions were made slowly like… -
Re: Good educational coin.. Fake Error
I was just spitballing but a false die doesn't necessarily have to have a shank for mounting in a press. It could simply be a small metal block made from a positive image to get a negative.
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