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I stopped by the credit union to get some cash for the weekend flea markets and since they don't have halves or dollars (They have a coin machine inside and don't have rolls of coins available for their customers) I went to the bank across the street and got their only roll of Ikes and a roll of halves. It was a couple of minutes before closing. I opened the roll of halves at a traffic light and no silver. The next stop I poured out the roll of dollars and lo and behold there was something very wrong in my hand. Can you see what I saw in this photo?  What caught my eye wasn't the typical clad edge nor was it the color of silver, it looked like steel. I pulled it out and it looked like an Ike but in a metal that obviously wasn't right. It doesn't stick to a magnet so I think it's stainless steel. Someone has cut the edge at approximately the one o'clock position. By this time it was past 6PM and there was no going back to the bank to exchange it. It is dated 1972 and looks like it was sand blasted on both sides. It has a crudely reeded edge. I put it in a 2x2 and have decided I'll sell it to a collector of counterfeits. If anyone is interested I'll be posting it in the CCF coins for sale forum. It will be very reasonable.    Ed ANA LM-3175 Edited by Gyrene7483
09/22/2012 12:50 am
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Amazing what people will do for a dollar
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 Astounding! calling SteveCaruso! One more for the black cabinet. |
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You rang? :-)
Wow. *That* specimen really is crazy. That someone would cast counterfeit a 1972 Ike just blows my mind, and I'd certainly be interested in it. :-)
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Wow. *That* specimen really is crazy. That someone would cast counterfeit a 1972 Ike just blows my mind, and I'd certainly be interested in it. :-) ...that was fast, it was up for auction and is already gone. Let me guess who bought it   |
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Not only a cast 1972, but a cast 1972 Bicentennial!!
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Henning is back!  |
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Not only a cast 1972, but a cast 1972 Bicentennial!! I must admit, I did NOT notice that. |
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Quote:Let me guess who bought it  |
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No one thinks it's acid dipped? John1  |
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Something was done to that beast....that is not the way a cast specimen looks...waaaaaaay too worn (or etched)..
Interesting for sure.....
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'72 obverse, '76 reverse. LOL! Why would anyone bother with such a terrible conterfit?
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No one thinks it's acid dipped? I thought it looked like it may be some type of acid dipped coin until I saw the Reverse and knew it had to be counterfeit because there is no way for that Reverse to be on a 1972 coin as the design hadn't even been made yet |
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I would not have complained one bit if I found that in a roll, for a net cost of one dollar. Not one complaint at all.  I am glad it found a proper home as well.  |
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Wow, that's amazing. I must say it looks more like someone's high school shop project. They wanted to try their hand at making a look-alike without worrying about being accused of making an counterfeit. (hence the muled obverse/reverse) If it was an acid dipped ike, wouldn't the ground away section still show the copper core?
No, I think this is a cast 'replica' of some sort. I'd be glad to find it in roll!
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Edited by harrison2
09/24/2012 3:21 pm
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Posted 09/22/2012 01:16 am
