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Valued Member
United States
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That's a lot of work for nothing... I can see someone experimenting with one but a bunch?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Actually it's a lot of work for nothing if you only make one. If you make a bunch your initial fixed production cost get spread out over a lot of pieces and potentially makes it profitable.
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Valued Member
United States
333 Posts |
Is this technically a counterfeit? I suppose the way it was used was in a counterfeit manner, but is it more correctly labelled a fantasy coin because of the mismatched obverse/reverse?
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Moderator
 Australia
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I'm wondering if the "swan-off" area was where the casting sprue was somewhat artlessly removed.
I particularly like the way Ike's face looks more moon-like than the Moon does.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would definitely say it was a shop class or art class project, a fantasy coin, not a serious counterfeit.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1770 Posts |
maybe someone was running low on monopoly money, and decided to make a dollar coin  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2734 Posts |
The truly mind-boggling thing about this "counterfeit" was that the obverse and reverse were cast from two different Ike's, when only one coin was necessary for this task. I would say the differentiation was deliberate.  |
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Valued Member
United States
379 Posts |
Wow thats a poorly done fake. And what I would guess was a lot of effort for $1
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Valued Member
United States
305 Posts |
seems like a lot of work to make $1.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
I guess since these don't circulate very much it's a coin people can forge and get away with it being less than perfect. This brings less than perfect to a whole new level.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I particularly like the way Ike's face looks more moon-like than the Moon does.  It's the Man on the Moon! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It could be an even simpler explanation. When I was a kid I always wanted to see if I could make a copy of a JFK half - just for fun. I had a surplus of lead sinkers and some plaster. I wanted to see if I could do it and also I thought it would be fun to have as a part of my collection. I never got it right and always ended up re-melting my failed creations since they looked about like this Ike.
This could simply be a kid's hobby was aluminum smelting and he was doing the same type of thing(?)
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Valued Member
United States
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I just wonder if it made it into circulation and if so, for how long? some of the younger cashiers might never have seen an actual Ike . Almost makes me want to do an experiment!
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I agree that it looks like a high school shop project.
Interesting find for a buck!
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United States
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When I was a kid I always wanted to see if I could make a copy of a JFK half - just for fun... I tried to do the same, but with a Quarter and solder. |
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