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United States
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Ran into this fake dollar yesterday. I picked it up at the coin show as an educational piece and just for being as silly as it is. 1843 Seated Liberty dollar obverse with a medal turn reverse. Reverse is a San Fran mint Trade dollar reverse. As many of us know, Trade dollars were not minted until 1873 the Dies look very deceiving. Sounds like there could be some silver content and only weighs 19.3 grams Reverse Die is heavily doubled similar to 1878-s DDR FS-801 and the edge reeding is clearly fake. Oh and before I forget.... The magnet sticks! Ill attach some images      |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow...That's such a bad fake!
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Interesting, but impossible and very obvious fake.
I would pay as high as $3 (but no more) for this one, to include in my educational 'black' collection.
From these pictures, this coin does not look deceiving to those that have collected fake coins for many years.
Thanks for posting to help with the education.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Thanks for posting!  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wow! Appreciate your sharing!  to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11886 Posts |
nice. also the san francisco mint was not established until 1854 after the outbreak of the california gold rush. another marker of the historical absurdity of this piece. regretfully, not all counterfeiters are this clueless.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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It's nice to see Chinese are producing junk that is identifiable as same from 10 feet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4211 Posts |
and thanks for the pics. Yes, this is a very bad fake! |
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 United States
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Interesting addition to your black cabinet. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's nice to see Chinese are producing junk that is identifiable as same from 10 feet. Problem is that looks like one of the ones they were making 10 years or so ago, not the quality they are making now. |
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Posted 01/28/2018 4:55 pm
