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aardspeed Pillar of the Community 921 Posts	Posted 04/06/2015 4:46 pm I remember showing a pic of this coin a while back & finally found it again after going through my safe & remember someone saying they would like to study it due to it being stamped "counterfeit" on such an older coin... Now I found it again, I would be willing to send it out to be studied to whomever mentioned this before... Just curious what you would be looking at about this coin? I assume it would be what it's made of & why someone stamped it as they did? I assume that it was the government that stamped it, but am curious how it wasn't melted if it was really a counterfeit coin... Hope to hear from whomever it was that wanted to see this coin "in-hand" to research it & we can chat about it being sent/returned to me after your investigation. Report this Post to the Staff

SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10456 Posts	Posted 04/06/2015 6:25 pm That was probably me... It would be interesting to XRF this coin, to see what metals they were making contemporary counterfeit coins from... Except I am super busy with work, so I probably won't get around to studying this until the fall... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 04/06/2015 7:00 pm Nope was me Roger. I would love to document this one to go along with the rest of the contemporary counterfeits. But I would need you to xrf it. LOL Report this Post to the Staff
jdmern Pillar of the Community United States 1949 Posts	Posted 04/06/2015 7:07 pm That is a fascinating coin... Were there many circulating contemporary counterfeits in Canada around that time? Boardwalk Numismatics http://stores.ebay.com/jdmern/ https://boardwalknumismatics.com Report this Post to the Staff
thedollarman Pillar of the Community Canada 4911 Posts	Posted 04/06/2015 7:13 pm to nickelsguy and spp-ottawa, if I recall correctly my lcs has some contemporary counterfeit Victorian halves that If I recall look pretty beaten and circulated(most likely lead). I could probably get them for you two to study and use the info about them. didn't want to hijack the thread so just pm me if you guys are interested. to the op, that is one strange coin...I almost hope the coin is genuine just to add to the mystery of the stamp. Feel free to call me Will. Report this Post to the Staff
aardspeed Pillar of the Community 921 Posts	Posted 04/07/2015 11:30 am After trying to look up anything on "fake coins" since I posted this topic, I ran across this ebay auction which show them as "movie prop" coins... I guess it's 1 way to sell these types of coins on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Liberty-Hol...em35e762103b Report this Post to the Staff
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