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Re: Real or Fake? 1914-D Lincoln Cent
That's an awesome looking counterfeit though.... what is the consensus? False dies over genuine cent? -
Re: Contemporary Counterfeit
AUandAG---The placement of the stars are correct. Don't forget that counterfeiters use a real coin to create their false dies. -
Re: Look at the strike on this one
Let me add this to the analysis. In my book, I identify five different die states (as opposed to the three die states identified by Bowers). My five die states are: 1) Original state, with no clash marks or lapping of the dies - just one specimen known. 2) Prominent die clash marks on both obverse and reverse, with no… -
Re: Why are US coin reverses upside down
There are several good reasons, but I can’t think of them right now, so try these: 1) all American coin designers are left handed; 2) it is right-side-up – you are standing on the ceiling; 3) this confuses counterfeiters; 4) only the Washington quarter was designed this way. That is so the hanging bat on the reverse won’t… -
Re: Fake Trade Dollar example
Lots of tells here indicative of false dies. Poorly executed details in Liberty's features (head, hands, feet, dress), IN GOD WE TRUST, E PLURIBUS UNUM, denticles, lettering... -
Re: 1914/3 Buffalo Nickel Overdate to Remain in Cherrypickers’ Guide
<< <i>"I find it curious that this overdate was not discovered until 1996." When was the 42/41-D dime and the 43/42 nickel discovered? Many years after they were minted? None of these overdates are obvious like the 42/41-P 10c or the 18/17 5c or 25c. It shouldn't be too surprising that it took a while to find them. Even… -
Re: off center strikes for new dollar?
True off-center coins have become much scarcer since 2002. Before then the mint used presses that struck the coins in vertically and if a planchet was off-center and outside the coining chamber it sat there on the collar and got struck by the dies. Since then they have switched to high speed presses that strike the coins… -
Re: Anyone here still on the lookout for counterfeits on Ebay? I'm thinking this 09 S-VDB is fake!
These counterfeits are not cast. They are struck with false dies that have been cast using a real coin or some other transfer process. -
Re: Raw Moderns
Wow! Talk about damage and attrition. There are about 380 million surviving and the average condition is much higher than average condition of much later dates because many have been set aside. I think what you're missing here is that these coins were almost universally poorly made. The top coin in that pyramid as we… -
Re: Engraver John S. Gardner
The John Smith Gardner final paragraph above is from the letter requesting that he be sent to England, at the Mint's expense, for training to be a melter and refiner - Boudinot did not approve Gardner's request. The two page letter does not mention engraving (National Archives at Phil., RG 104, General Correspondence). The…
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