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Pillar of the Community
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No one seems to recognize it. Maybe I've not seen enough of this dated half. The reverse is unusual and there should be others out there like this.
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Pillar of the Community
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It is a bit of a grainy photo but is this perhaps a counterfeit?
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Pillar of the Community
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That indeed is a very unusual one. Glancing at 1938 Zoell varieties, I notice only a couple of known die cracks on the reverse but nothing relative to extra metal One of our members - pginrh - has invested considerable time and energy into study of King George VI 50c and I'm sure he'd have something knowledgable to say however over the recent past he's had some computer issues. Hopefully that'll soon be resolved or in the meantime someone else might be able to chime in.
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Pillar of the Community
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I want that coin. A counterfeit.
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I want that coin. A counterfeit.
Yes I notice the Unicorn's right leg is totally severed, behind the bottom portion of the flagpole. Odd that such a relatively common coin would be selected by counterfeiters. Maybe a trial run? What other markers do you notice? Edited by wildflowerAB
03/12/2016 11:30 am
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Coin looks like it was "cast", rather than struck by dies.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yikes! It is a counterfeit! I just weighed it and it comes in at 9 grams. Regular issue is around 11.7 grams. The obverse looks so convincing. Probably a VF-20. But the reverse has that cast look. I never put two and two together. I got it in a bulk group of George VI halves. It looks nothing like the Chinese fakes. Must have been some domestic garage pounder.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very interesting, I've never seen an early King George VI 50c counterfeit before, photo or otherwise. Indeed I hope you'll send this example to nickelsguy, a CCF expert of many things.
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Yeah send it over to nickelsguy. It's no good for anything, either you toss it in the garbage or you send it to an expert in counterfeits that will appreciate it!
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Pillar of the Community
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I want that coin. A counterfeit. Definitely send that over to nickelsguy.. He's "da man"..who can....stop da bad guys.. |
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Wow this fake sticks out like a sore thumb.
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Posted 03/12/2016 11:07 am
