1880 Newfoundland 50 Cent - Counterfeit? - Page 2

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TheDeductible Pillar of the Community Canada 851 Posts	Posted 10/27/2019 1:46 pm Nice post Nicklesguy. Do you know where I can fine more images of HK replicas of Newfoundland coins? Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 10/27/2019 7:47 pm I have them all. Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5593 Posts	Posted 10/27/2019 8:22 pm For a small donation to his educational seminars (and to buy more fakes), he DOES have discs of all the known(to him) Chinese fakes ... Canadian & Newf. Send him an email. Report this Post to the Staff
tamarin Pillar of the Community Canada 576 Posts	Posted 10/28/2019 11:28 am If the Chinese can fake wear patterns we're in a lot of trouble. This coin is famous for its receding reverse and that's what this coin has. Report this Post to the Staff
colonialjohn Pillar of the Community United States 1757 Posts	Posted 10/28/2019 5:48 pm I don't know Canadian Federal pieces and mostly into Pre-Confederation Colonials but on the reverse is that green coloration mixed in with the toning? If indeed green that is a "possible" indicator the specimen is debased with copper either in a minor/major way - not so much a new Chinese fake but a period contemporary circulating counterfeit of the period? Ask the seller to give you its weight? If proper just then an abnormal copper leaching tothe surface. It happens ... Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 10/29/2019 7:15 pm Fred. Check your email. Thank you mods. Report this Post to the Staff
Alan Pillar of the Community Canada 1463 Posts	Posted 10/29/2019 10:25 pm What I notice on the counterfeit nickelsguy has shown is a different 8's in the date 1880 compared with the other 2 coins shown. The counterfeit nickelsguy has shown, the insides of the 8's are round while the other 2 coins have identical 8's and the insides of those 8's could only be best described as oval. I wonder if the counterfeiters have 2 reverses? Report this Post to the Staff
TheDeductible Pillar of the Community Canada 851 Posts	Posted 11/03/2019 12:46 am Many thanks to Nickelsguy for sending awesome pics of HK reproductions and Big Tree examples. I can post pics of those if anyone needs to see .. Report this Post to the Staff
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