1876 Indian Head Cent

If it were mine I'd give it to Steve Caruso and have it put in "The Black Cabinet"

With all the discussions pointing out the difference in the dates on these chinese coins it's just a matter of time before they get them right.....

^^^Not really, just took a couple seconds to request a refund through Paypal. Of course by finding out about it I did avoid passing it to the next victim if I decided to flip. I posted it because I was wondering why it was not brown. Coppers that old should be some sort of brown.

I am wondering about what someone posted about there being two types of dates in 1876 Indian Head cents:
"Back in the 1960s Hewitt published a booklet that was a reprint from the "Numismatic Scrapbook" magazine that was about Indian cent Date Varieties by Otto C. Steinberger. For what it's worth he stated that there were two date varieties of 1876 cents. I wish there were photos of these varieties in the booklet, but there are none. "

I've opened up my Snow guide for 1876, which is the best catalog for IHC varieties.
There is only one date style for 1876. In fact, two styles for one year is uncommon. 1865 and 1873 are the only two I know off-hand.

Someone could change the date, but the position of the feathers would be in the wrong place.
Check the position of the last feather on the 1876 posted to this thread--it falls between the IC in AMERICA.
In the past, some IHC fakes didn't get that right either.

Wow, what an interesting discussion! Unfortunately it seems that the Chinese are taking the fun out of the hobby. That's a lot of grief for $7. Time best spent doing something else. I would destroy it and throw it out. When I was in China a read a story about a guy who went to jail for printing and selling fake communist party manuals. Obviously some party members were buying the knockoffs of their own party's work!

I am going to keep the coin and have it in a holder clearly marked that it is fake. It is a good reference.