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Pillar of the Community
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This may help other folks as it did me.  |
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Rest in Peace
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That is not even close. The person that won this auction has a 1731 feed back score. You have to wonder if they knew it was a fake or if they have a collection riddled with things like this.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow, that side by side picture really shows how different the two coins are...
I truly hope that whoever bought this coin is a collector of counterfeits. Really is too bad how many fakes are out there.
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Could this be a contemporary counterfeit, one that is possibly worth the price? SteveCaruso, where are you?  |
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Thanks matthewvincent for the photo.  I should have done the same. Here is the best I could do with the seller images ....  Quote:
Could this be a contemporary counterfeit, one that is possibly worth the price? Possible I suppose jbuck ... but my suspision is the buyer just wasted $270.  David |
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Valued Member
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Someone is going to be in for a big suprise when they get this one checked out if they thought they were getting a bargin.
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Possible I suppose jbuck ... but my suspision is the buyer just wasted $270. Yes. I will try to remain optimistic, but you are probably correct.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting to see a counterfeit of it.
The color of the counterfeit looks really strange too.
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Bedrock of the Community
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the lettering is off as is parts of the design. I don't know if I would have been able to catch it without it being brought to my attention as I am not a huge commem collector but looking at a known good example beside of this one it is easy to see the differences in the design in different areas
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Pillar of the Community
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And isn't this why, Bryan, that the CCF is so important to us?
Each of us shares our knowledge with everyone else, and while we may not
be familiar with a series, every topic helps us to enrich our overall knowledge about coins.
While commemoratives may not be on my want list, I enjoy looking at them.
To see the series through the eyes of another makes me feel good.
And if even only one other collector, having taken this knowledge to heart, avoids the pitfalls of the market place, well then, the members of the CCF have done their job well!
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Valued Member
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Does the Red Book have pictures of all of the earlier commemoratives? If so,comparing the pics in there with any potential purchases would be prudent... |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yes the RedBook does have pictures of Commems in them and that would probably be a good idea since we now know they are making counterfeits of them as well |
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Pillar of the Community
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It keeps getting more expensive each time listed! Sheesh... I need to learn to make fake coins...nah just kidding.
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Valued Member
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The seller will tell you that he got it in an estate sale. The last bunch (3) that I had a question about the seller said that he had gotten them in the Ukraine. Lots of interesting stories on these fakes. Like David said buyer beware on ebay with some of these. |
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