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platinrubel Valued Member Austria 194 Posts	Posted 09/08/2012 3:07 pm hi, I hope I am right hee i am looking for some articles or literature about the contemporary counterfeits of the US between 1840 and 1880. Maybe someone can help me with few information about the 5 and 10 gold $ struck in platinum from this periode? many thanks in advance Report this Post to the Staff

Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/10/2012 12:39 pm I'm not aware of pieces actually struck in platinum although it would be possible. I do know of double eagles that were split in half and hollowed out than had a disk of platinum inserted and soldered back together. Report this Post to the Staff
platinrubel Valued Member Austria 194 Posts	Posted 09/11/2012 12:44 pm on the NGC website, I found 3 coins in their collection. http://numismatics.org/search/resul...lar+platinum at 1844 five dollar is given the reference BE.6550-6554.cf. is BE meaning the breen encyclopedia? thank you for helping Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 9:30 pm That isn't NGC, that's the American Numismatic Society in New York. And yes BE.6550-6554.cf BE is Breen Encyclopedia catalog numbers 6550-6554 (which are the numbers for all the 1844 half eagles from each of the mints) and the .cf means counterfeit. I'm fairly sure the last number in the title of each references when it was acquired. Year, item number for the month, month. Well I learned something, I guess they did have platinum counterfeits. I wonder why they aren't better known? You would think the counterfeiter would have made enough of them for them to be promenently mentioned in the literature. After all platinum was an excellent choice for counterfeiting gold coins. Report this Post to the Staff
platinrubel Valued Member Austria 194 Posts	Posted 09/13/2012 12:15 pm @ conder101: thanks for explaining me the numbersystem. I m not so firm in us-numismatics, its a few miles away from europe. in france,england and spain (incl. oversea colonies) this counterfeits are very often to find. of course also in auctions. it the same as like the platinum roubles of russia (1828-1845) yes, I meant the ANA-website. I only know a few pieces of this countefeited dollars (struck between 1840 and 1880) and information is very little. may some pieces have been struck for the metcalf or even the king farouk collections in later days, but I think most of them are contemporary counterfeits. Report this Post to the Staff
platinrubel Valued Member Austria 194 Posts	Posted 09/21/2012 1:21 pm if anyone else has some information please help. also if there is some information of a sale or Ã¡uction of one of theese coins. greets thomas Report this Post to the Staff
platinrubel Valued Member Austria 194 Posts	Posted 09/25/2012 09:58 am just found this item in an old heritage auction (2001 June Long Beach Signature Sale) http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleN...3&lotNo=9506 so if anyone get any information about another of theese coins in a future auction, please inform me. thx thomas Report this Post to the Staff
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