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Re: Asking for info
...or a novelty piece from pressed out cents and false dies. ? -
Re: Nice error coin I bought today.
Is your thinking that the possibility that this coin was struck from false (counterfeit) dies? -
Re: Use of outside engravers/die cutters by the Philadelphia Mint - 1853 sample
There certainly were people with the die cutting skills to make false dies. -
Re: Does PCGS Ever Explain its Grading Decisions?
There was a reason listed for the counterfeit status by PCGS, as previously mentioned "False Dies" -
Re: 1932 AC-76b obv. Assay Commission Medal muled with 1934 AC-79 rev
Bass's was one of the "false mules," and I do recall it sold for a good amount, though I forget what it was. It took me a while to think there were two different "mule" varieties, and a while longer to realize that one was in fact, not a real assay medal mule but a different mint medal entirely. It's possible it does use… -
Re: Mercury Dime Stamped but not cut?
Overstruck on a buffalo nickel with false dies. ;) Edited to add: Welcome to the forum! :) -
Re: Real or Not, Double Struck Off-Center with Mirror Brockage & Brockage.
Going against the grain and saying that is a counterfeit. There are several similarly bizarre errors dated 1918-21 which are of questionable origin. My biggest issue is the second strike on the obverse. The clear rim and lack of distortion at the edge of the strike, the very smooth looking stretch, and the way the rim of… -
Make sure the silver is real before you melt it - please
Fall River building deemed uninhabitable after man melts mercury dental fillings [not far from me] :smile: FALL RIVER, MASS. (WHDH) - An apartment building in Fall River was deemed uninhabitable over the weekend after a man melted dental fillings containing mercury. https://youtu.be/dok_tA-hrcg A 51-year-old man was… -
Re: 1943d bronze. I need information
I imagine the counterfeiter used a real 1943 steel cent to create his false dies. Since the 1943 cent is steel, it can be hardened and used as a hub to press the design into a blank die which can then be used to strike fake copies of this coin. -
Re: Things that make you go HMMMM
<< <i> << <i>That 1964 Cent is a counterfiet second strike. From a well-known court case in New York in around 1964/65. Coin World had a good series of articles on it; they still show up now and then. The second strike is from fake/false dies. >> Somewhere I have a roll of these, it was my understanding that they were…
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