Here Is A Gorgeous Lead Fake 1929 Walker Half

When I was a kid I used to cast lead. I started out using my Dad's old moulds of WWI soldiers, which date from the time of this counterfeit. The soldiers came out better than the coin but had the same homemade look.

When you got tired of them you melted them and recast them. Wonder how they made the mould. If I'd had one I would have made some half dollars too. You might have been able to fool another kid with them.

Cool contemporary counterfeit! Nice find!!

Here's the kind of casting set I used.The level of detail on the moulds is pretty good. I didn't have any Germans.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/133312784170

I was confined to a workbench in the basement to cast my soldiers. I cannot imagine anyone selling these to kids today for many reasons, starting with what you could do with molten lead. If you poured it on the bench it left a good scorch mark.

Did you say the spot where the MM would be is damaged . Well what are you calling the rest of that coin ?

@thq, that link shows a picture of the kids and his father-with a pipe! I guess that was pretty typical in the 1950s.

This 1929 dated half is the latest dated lead piece that I can recall seeing. It was likely cast during the Great Depression years. I have a similar piece, dated 1918, that was given to me by my Dad in the mid 1950's.

Over the years, I've accumulated a number of Barber type coins, cast in lead. One is a 1903-S Barber dime. To my experience, these lead Barbers are far more plentiful than the subsequent types: Mercury dimes, Standing Liberty quarters and Walker halves.

Consider that many thousands of immigrants were coming to America in the early twentieth century. Being unfamiliar with the currency here, they'd have been most vulnerable to accepting these cast fakes.

Got my new scale, so this contemporary counterfeit weighs 9.95g.

Yep, got a few of these CCCs myself.