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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Zurich, Schilling, 1741, CC left and genuine right. The genuine is thinner, weighs less and has greater density. I enjoy collecting and documenting contemporary counterfeits side-by-side in my binder of photos and data.  |
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I agree much rougher engraving on the die used to make the piece on the left. Any chance of you posting images of the obv too? I'm interested to see how well the scrollwork on the shield was done.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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The shield side is rather poor compared to the good coin. I may follow up just to show the scroll on the shield.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1914 Posts |
Nothing to gain here. It's just cropped to show the same.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Albert That is a great way to collect counterfeit issues. How many do you have where you have the pair? I have had to sell off most of genuine coins to pay for my bad habit of buying new counterfeits.
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United States
1914 Posts |
The World Counterfeits Binder has 102 pairs A to Z. I have special project binders for Austria, Cayenne and China.
Cayenne has been especially difficult for me not really understanding what I have for many, and sellers not really knowing what they are selling.
A good number of coins confuse many people in that they do not know or cannot tell if genuine or not. It's a great time consuming and interesting hobby while retired.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice project Albert.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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The World Counterfeits Binder has 102 pairs A to Z fantastic Albert ! it seems you started a thread with many more posts to follow |
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United States
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Yes I did and I recall that maybe I got off on the wrong foot for a topic that would result in a lot of photos.
Apart from that, the limit of 300KB caused me to fail to show most pages in a suitable resolution to see the detail.
The topic was locked.
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