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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's amazing. Thanks for sharing. Excellent coin though. What happens to it now? Does it retain any value since it is only the mint mark?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1086 Posts |
Thanks for sharing! That is still a pretty nice V.D.B.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Pretty well done, I must admit. If you know the 4 accredited MM positions it's clearly wrong, but if you're not really familiar with them, it could be a fooler.
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Valued Member
United States
133 Posts |
That had to be a lot of work to accomplish and have it look that good!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Also the location of the dots are not correct on the V.D.B.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10635 Posts |
Very nice bats!   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
6116 Posts |
Yeah, it looks pretty good, and did when I first looked at it too. But it's had a lot of work done on it including a full coin cleaning and some tooling so not really a good coin. Seems very professionally done, as even with my pics it's hard to see all the work done on it. Someone knew what they were doing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1204 Posts |
Thanks TB for the example. Important to consider with a big purchase like that. Thanks for the additional info COOP. Shame to see skills wasted on making fakes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2869 Posts |
If it had not been the flow in the metal I would not have noticed this one.
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Moderator
 United States
97435 Posts |
I wonder if they use that strong 'Gorilla glue' stuff
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2869 Posts |
An acetone soak may remove that mm.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6116 Posts |
Acetone probably would remove it, but certainly not going to do that. I collect counterfeits. And can't be Gorilla glue, as that stuff expands as it dries and would not be suitable for this kind of work. I'm thinking regular old superglue.
Some of the reasons why this is a counterfeit have been noted, but also note that it is the wrong MMV for this year.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Eventually, the Superglue will fail, but that may take up to 10 years or more.
Most glues, in flat impervious contact without assistance, such as riveting or screws or whatever, do not last forever.
As a general rule glues that are able to penetrate below the surface of the objects to be joined, work far better.
That is not the case here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5239 Posts |
Definitely could fool someone with that if they didn't know what to look for. The differing metal compositions is what stands out to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
That is why we cover the subject over and over to help new ones catch a glimpse of it and for the regulars to refresh the information on this.
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