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1859 Half Dollar Pattern Coin

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I really like the design of this Judd-236, too bad this is a really bad fake. I would be interested in purchasing it if it was $5 or $10 dollars for use as a talking piece and/or learning.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1859-S-50C....m2518.l4276


P.S. Let's see how fast you guys can get it taken down!
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The seller knows it's fake and may take a $10 offer. Send him/her a message and see what happens.
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Really bad fake.

Here are the images of the fake, in case the listing gets taken down quickly:

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it's so bad, it's cool.

It would be a great black book addition.
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The reverse is interesting. What's the motto on the ribbon say?
I agree with nfine. Tell the seller you know it's a fake but you like it anyway (do you think honesty would work?) and make him an offer.
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Quote:
do you think honesty would work?


Probably not, but what's it going to hurt to ask?
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Quote:
it's so bad, it's cool.

It would be a great black book addition.
I have to agree. It is to weird to not want.
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 Posted 03/28/2018  5:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Heymikep to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here is what the pattern coin should look like,

1859-Half-Dollar-Pattern-Coin

1859-Half-Dollar-Pattern-Coin


I have asked the seller to sell it to me and am waiting for a response.
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The eagle feathers on the fake are amazing. They look like rows of cigars.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Would make a nice addition to my 'black' collection, but should fool no one, except a rank novice.
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Hard to figure the upside on faking something like this.
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I have the real one

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1859-Half-Dollar-Pattern-Coin
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Coinfrog, just ask Andrew99 what he paid for that and that might tell you why someone would want to fake it.
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Andrew99: The face profile on Liberty looks a bit different to the example posted by Heymilkep.

I sure hope my suspicions are completely unfounded, and I am proved wrong.
Prefer egg on my face than yours.
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So, Andrew99, where did you find it?

And was it in the range of a cheap used car, a decent used car, or a new Toyota Corolla?
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Quote:
The eagle feathers on the fake are amazing. They look like rows of cigars.
Yes, I can see that.
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