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Counterfeit Detection: 1833 Capped Bust Half Dollar PCGS Holder

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Jack Young - The subject of this installment of this series starts with this example of an 1833 half dollar counterfeit from ebay.

Check out 1833 Capped Bust Half Dollars on ebay
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Counterfeit 1833 Capped Bust half dollar from ebay listing.

The "coin" looked like a bad cast, with pimples and lumps on the surface and features that were not fully filled out, especially on the reverse. And the slab didn't look much better.

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Close-up coin images. Note the markers.

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A couple of at-a-glance problems with this one are the obvious grade issue, its labeling as a dollar, and the missing "PCGS" logo on the lower front right corner of the slab.

In many cases of bad coins and fake slabs, the cert number used is of an example without any reference images. This is not the case for this one, and we are able to compare this counterfeit to the genuine example.

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Left: Fake coin from the ebay listing. Right: Genuine coin using the PCGS cert lookup.

Not even close, with the date and Liberty's profile off to the eye!

The reverse is off as well.

Check out 1833 Capped Bust Half Dollars on ebay
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Subject example, actual genuine example

Continuing my search led to images of the actual PCGS slab; I'm surprised the counterfeiters didn't try to make a fake "green bean" as well.

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