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New Member
United States
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I am new to this forum. Call me Tolknor My collecting intrest is very new. I recently picked up some coins and am having trouble placing them. I have a Draped Bust Heraldic Eagle Half Dollar. It looks like the 1806 on listed at http://www.coincommunity.com/coin_h...ic_eagle.aspBut it is dated 1797. It does not have the type of back that the 1797 ones of the similar front designs ones have. What am I missing? I am on yahoo as realgulliver Tolknor |
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Moderator
 United States
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Welcome to Coin Community, Tolknor. I do hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but the point you're missing about your Half Dollar is that it's almost certainly a counterfeit.
I am going to move this thread to the Main Coin Forum, where it will get better exposure.
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New Member
 United States
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That's what I had figured as well, Super Dave. Thanks for the response
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2177 Posts |
Welcome to the forum Tolknor.  (Does your user name have anything to do with Tolkein?) Sorry to hear about your unfortunate trade. This forum is a good start to educate anyone in this hobby. Hope to see more posts from you in the future. Superdave, how could you tell it was counterfeit? |
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United States
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Superdave, how could you tell it was counterfeit?
Tolknor had it figured him/herself. There were no 1797's minted with the 1806 reverse. In 1797, they didn't know what the 1806 reverse would look like. |
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Valued Member
Philippines
120 Posts |
might be also a magician coin like what I have before.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1984 Posts |
Sorry, it's a counterfeit, no more, no less. Unfortunately a very common trick, but nothing magical about it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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But is it a modern fake, or a contemporary counterfeit? (made in the 1800's to late 1830's)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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the coin would need to be seen to determine that but I would be willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that its a rather recent forgery
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Posted 05/17/2007 09:02 am
