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Very nice!  |
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... my road to discovery on this coin ... ...came with a group of msc foreign, picked up at an estate sale years ago, thrown in a drawer & forgotten ... ...Saw one on ebay, looked at the sell price, & grabbed mine, posting here for advise (1 yr ago) ... suggested: try a magnet ...    ....................................I suppose I'll call this a " counterFat " ............................  Edited by mrwiskers
09/30/2024 12:07 pm
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Nice counterfeit, mrwiskers.
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thanks for that info on these coins MrW
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Y W, dearborn & T Y errs&v ..
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Very interesting! |
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Thank you ~ jbuck |
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I was at a pawn shop that had a modest selection of silver coins. They had 6 silver dollars in capsules grouped together away from their other ones - 5 Peace and 1 Morgan. At first glance I could tell that two of the Peace dollars were blatant fakes and the Morgan didn't look right either. I pointed this out to the clerk and he didn't believe me, so I asked him to weigh all 6. The first one (pictured below) came in at slightly over 20 g (I couldn't see the scale). At this point, the manager became involved and was offended - he acted like I was pulling a scam or trying to steal from them. He brought it into the office to get XRF measurements. The other five also came in underweight. I didn't get to see the XRF measurements, but all were mainly copper. Unfortunately, the manager would not sell me any of them. US 1 Dollar 1926 fake pawn shop  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Yikes!  |
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Wow, Hondo Boguss. That Peace dollar is so fake. The face of her is cartoonish.  Errers and Varietys.
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looks like she has had lip treatment and her hair was carved by a Dremel tool  |
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Quote: looks like she has had lip treatment and her hair was carved by a Dremel tool  |
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It's surprising that the pawn shop couldn't tell at first glance that it was fake. The others weren't quite so bad, but still. They bought silver dollars without weighing or XRFing them? Were I an unscrupulous person, I'd go back with a few of my fakes!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Details aren't too bad from a distance, but the surfaces give it away. Does it feel "chalky"?
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Nice example, Mike.
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