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 Denmark
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A 1817 sixpence - and a new die pair for my collection. All dies I've seen (3 obverses and 3 reverses) of this year seems to be made by the same engraver. It is somewhat a mystery that no milled counterfeit 1820 sixpence has shown up so far - counterfeit shillings and halfcrowns dated 1820 are common so one wonders why no sixpences seems to have been made?  |
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United Kingdom
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These billon 10 centimes coins from Napoleonic France where extensively forged - fake and a real one for comparison   Probably 1 in 3 of surviving examples are contemporary forgeries - the best key to spotting the duds is they could never get Tiolier's "the engraver" signature right Edited by davidrj
11/06/2014 8:34 pm
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United Kingdom
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A 1 cent counterfeit in brass from Straits Settlements  |
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United Kingdom
510 Posts |
!0 Centesimi from Italy in Brass   |
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United Kingdom
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And another example from France, a Decime of year 7 (1789/90) in cast brass   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Here a quite modern one from my collection of contemporary counterfeits:   Guilder 1809 Essequibo & Demerary |
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Denmark
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@davidrj The Napoleon 10 centimes looks very interesting. If there's so many counterfeits of this type it should make for an exciting study. @Medieval Is that a cast counterfeit? Obverse is same design as the Irish Bank Tokens of which I have a few counterfeit examples (both milled and cast). This one was in the mail yesterday. A 1645 Charles I halfcrown (Eye mintmark). Outside my field really but the price was low (£13½ postage included). Wonder if its a cast from a slightly later period? - like late 17Ct just before the recoinage.  |
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Is that a cast counterfeit? From the grainy texture I assume it is cast. |
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Denmark
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My second milled counterfeit 1806 Irish ten pence bank token only -and a different die pair. Still haven't seen an 1806 five pence though...  |
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United Kingdom
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I'm mightily impressed by all these specimens, particularly the non-British ones.
However, I've never seen them listed for sale.
What is a reasonable price to pay for them ?
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New Member
Denmark
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Prices vary extremely from issue to issue just like genuine coins. The British ones I collect are however in most cases cheaper than the genuine coins.
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United States
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Here is my latest Circulating Contemporary Counterfeit of the Americas. It is Kleeberg 01A-M7   Edited by Albert
01/22/2016 12:58 pm
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United States
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Necro bump? Okay I'll bite: France 10 centimes, "1810 A"   This is much better than most contemporary fake 10 centimes of the era. Trouble is, Paris (mintmark A) didn't make 10 centime coins in 1810 (save possibly for 1-5 assay pieces; I have found conflicting reports). |
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United States
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Here's a Caracas 2 Reales 1819 contemporary counterfeit made in German Silver   |
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New Zealand
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Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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