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Has anyone seen a 1913S Lincoln Penny with this kind of a 3 in the date. I can find no similar coin in the hundreds of photos I have looked at. Variety, forgery, counterfeit?  |
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Pillar of the Community
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 .....to CCF You need to get a bigger pic of just the coin and if you can a close up of the date. |
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Variety, forgery, counterfeit? Have you taken into account it's just Damage? Close up pictures should help Edited by jasper62
06/04/2017 10:10 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That looks a little like the 3 from a 43 steel cent. If you could check magnetism, would help narrow down maybe
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
Edited by Bump111
06/04/2017 10:13 am
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New Member
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better photo  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Can we see a picture of the reverse
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Strange as all 13-S I've seen look like this:  |
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It is a counterfeit, no doubt about it. They never used that style of three on Lincoln cents until 1934, and then not again until 1943. Here is another example from my archives.  Here is an example you can buy today from a Chinese seller of counterfeit coins. Note the die chip on the left wheat stalk on the reverse. Your coin probably has this, too.  Edited by nss-52
06/04/2017 3:40 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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So, how many relatively "inexpensive" coins have been confirmed counterfeited by the Chinese? I never thought I had to worry about counterfeit coins in my coin collecting realm, but I'm obviously wrong
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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The rim is also a give away as to being fake. The 1909-1917 cents had the Wider rim.  |
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Posted 06/04/2017 10:08 am
