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Belgium
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In 1928, Italy issued a silver 20 Lire coin commemorating the end of WW-I in 1918 and featuring the King Vittorio-Emmanuele III on the obverse, wearing a helmet: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16857.htmlA fantasy monetary token, using the same reverse, but with B. Mussolini on the obverse (dated 1943 in Roman numerals) was minted long after WW-II (during the 1970's) https://www.catawiki.com/catalog/to...3-mussolini#The token is silver plated copper; it is widespread and used to be popular among members of the Neo-fascist party. Note that, when the 20 L token was issued, a real 20 Lire coin was but a small brass coin, worth about 2 US cents. Reverse  Inscription says: 'Rather live a day as lion than a century as a sheep'. The column has the dates '1918' and '1928' in Roman numerals (as has the original). Obverse  |
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 Poland
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Fake German Empire 1 mark coins. Melt value currently under $3.  Apparently, the 'full set' only consists of 8 dates at the moment (with 6 mintmarks per date).  But nobody told the Chinese that a 1916-A mark (and a few others) did not actually exist.  Anyway, that's it, I need to find a different hobby  |
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United States
190 Posts |
Thank you for posting this for us all to see. A few years ago I was told that nobody would waste resources counterfeiting a common collector coin, but here are several examples of the Chinese doing just that. The sad thing is that if this continues and the fakes because too difficult to tell apart from the authentic coins for the common coin collector, it will kill the business and the hobby. Nothing is rare and valuable if there is a lot of them.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
24885 Posts |
1888 US counterfeit One dollar.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
24885 Posts |
Counterfeit 1926 Republique Française . Indochine Française   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4594 Posts |
1967 Washington clad quarter
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1967 Washington clad quarter Years ago, I worked in the office at a grocery store where we routinely got in boxes of plastic wrapped Brinks rolls. I used to "surgically" remove the silver coins, replace and tape the slit. I encountered a few counterfeit dimes and quarters doing this dated in the 1980's that were made of lead (or similar soft metal) that could be bent by hand. Still have them around here someplace. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Those pfennigs and halfpennies are sold by the kilo here... what's the point of faking those? UltraRant, they aren't aimed at your market, but point taken. Well, if you don't work on a die for something, you can go home for the rest of the day.And: Stamp something, so as to look busy. There are some unused dies over there.Similar scenarios can abound, but utility often has nothing to do with production. Especially in China.  Edited by Parklane64
03/12/2018 10:48 pm
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United States
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I've never understood why Chinese cash coins, even relatively modern ones (Ch'ing dynasty), which were made by the billions and litter coin shops' "bargain" bins. have been reproduced.
Colligo ergo sum
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1862 USA. One dollar.   |
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Canada
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New Member
United States
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I hope no one gets mad at me for bumping this old thread, but I needed to read this after receiving three counterfeit reichspfennigs from a self - titled coin dealer on ebay. I wish I'd taken a photo to share but I got them back in the mail as soon as I could I was so angry. Indeed, who bothers to counterfeit such cheap coins? This guy selling sets of three with "random dates and mint marks" for $11 a set seems to be doing brisk business. The coins were loose in a plastic baggy. They were incredibly shiny and felt almost oily with a carnival black patina. They were obviously not 80 years old and certainly not zinc. The seller stood by his claim that these were authentic coins and told me that they were not shipped loose, they were "shipped in a baggy inside an envelope." Sigh. It is sad to find out about people like this. I have to wonder now about what I have in my binder. Have I been ripped off on other coins? Avoid this seller : https://ebay.com/usr/the_canup_coin_company |
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None of these would fool me, but the less seasoned collector would be really fooled. One of my friends I see rarely as he is hard work bought me 2 of these darn things and thought they were a nice present, they are awful. A fake 1897 Morgan dollar and 1795 USA dollar, both are so crude that only those of extremely low intelligence would be fooled by them. Even worse wa she gave me the bag from (Censored name of Chinese illegal junk website) resembling a form of treat a genie in a lamp gives you. The two fake dollars cost hims $2 plus $10 postage and packaging, he wasted his money and even worse the coins had some type of caustic metal on them that caused my hands to itch and turn red. |
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