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New Member
United States
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I am just curious I came across a error coin that was a fake, what is the appropriate thing to do with these coins . throw in the trash , destroy them , or put them back into circulation thanks in advance.
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Valued Member
United States
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I have found 2,I put them in 2x2s and marked them as home made.
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Rest in Peace
United States
1943 Posts |
I also would keep them for future reference.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Educational pieces are what I would use them for.
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Valued Member
United States
145 Posts |
Do you have a picture of your fake error coin? Never hurts to show a picture so others can see the fakes. Some fakes can be pretty convincing to new collectors. On these two I had to ask the people on the forums about them as I first thought they might be real flip-over in-collar double struck. But the consensus was they are fake, though a few others thought they might be real too.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As suggested, keep them...Mark them....and use them for the purposes of education.
To start the education process....who can give me some ideas as to why these are definitely fakes?
Bill
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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 use them for educational purposes or hole filler if they are keydates fake. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1807 Posts |
Good question foundinrolls. I like them as real, of course I'm still a newbie.
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New Member
 United States
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I would like to know how you can tell these are fakes ?coin collecting takes a lot of information it seems .
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3507 Posts |
Look at the obverse of the 1969 D...
You see details of the memorial building strongly on top of Lincoln's bust and head.
Since the details of the head are stronger, that would have to be the second strike, if indeed it were real.
The pressure of the strike would eliminate the details of the reverse of the coin on the higher portions of Lincoln's head leaving some detail of the reverse in the fields.
The strong reverse details sitting on Lincoln's head indicates that someone created a die of some sort and used it to strike the coin. They may also have created a die and and pressed the coin in a vice or high pressure press. In any case, these are huge indications of fakery.
There was a time when hundreds of 1964 dated fakes were emerging. Many were made to look like double strikes some were made to look like flip over double strikes. These have been made for years to fool collectors.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I say keep em- show them to someone who has nusmastic knowledge (maybe your coin dealer- but not all dealers know a lot about errors- such as one in my area) on error coins before you pass them off as fakes. Also keep em because it's educational. If you are a member of a local coin club that is a great place to share them for show and education.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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On the 1969 to me one of the things that looks like a tell-tail sign it is fake is the rim on the reverse . The rim line of the first strike looks like it carries on from the field through the rim of the coin. It looks on both coins as the supposed first strike on the coin was off-center. If the first strike was off-center that would mean the collar was down so then the coin wouldn't be contained. That I would think would cause it to expand a bit thus making it out-of-round and not be able to fit in the collar for the second strike. Another thing is it looks like the supposed first strike seems to be mis-aligned ie. the reverse is more off-center then the obverse. Though I could be wrong about that. The remains of the first strike just seem to be to strong to be legit.  |
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