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Pillar of the Community
United States
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  Picked this up accidentally at a recent local coin show. I collect stuff like this and love it! Look how crude it is... I believe the date is supposed to read "1850".
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Crude is right, almost looks like it was hand carved. Hope it wasn't supposed to fool someone into thinking it is genuine. Three Cent coins didn't even go into production until 1851. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Would love to find one. Awesome old counterfeit !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Nice counterfeit add to a collection!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's one of the ugliest counterfeit 3CS's I've ever seen, especially how mangled that date is!
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Moderator
United States
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Very interesting! |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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In counterfeit collecting... The cruder the better!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:Crude is right, almost looks like it was hand carved. Hope it wasn't supposed to fool someone into thinking it is genuine. Three Cent coins didn't even go into production until 1851. Yes I'm sure that it was intended to pass as geniune (and it appears to have some wear so it probably did.), the die probably was hand carved, and I think the date was intended to be 1859. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes, Conder, I see what you mean. 1859 it is!
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow, that's a bad fake! Even China would shake its head in shame at that one. I can't even see this being good enough to try to pass in circulation... "hobo" coin perhaps?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would love to know what year it was created. Looks pretty old.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
Edited by 52Raymo
10/25/2018 12:57 pm
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United States
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52Raymo: My best guess would be mid to late 1800s. It is certainly contemporary and not modern. I do not know when 3 cent silver pieces were in heavy circulation but this certainly would have been made around that time.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My guess would be some time between 1859 and 1862. After 1859 because of the date on the coin and before 1862 because after that point most silver coinage had disappeared from circulation due to the war and hoarding. Any silver coins presented after that point would have been "noticed" and looked at more carefully. Silver coinage did not return to common place use until 1874. Trimes had not circulated for over 10 years and there were plenty of 1 cent, 2 cent, 3 cent nickels, and shield five cent pieces in circulation so once again a trime would have attracted undue attention to itself and a piece like thiswould have been caught and rejected. As more years passed the idea of making and trying to pass a trime would have become less and less likely.
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Lovely
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