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Another in my occasional postings of decent quality fake coins. I know how easy it is to say "it's obvious!" and yet when I found this one in a bag yesterday it took me a good 20 seconds to even think about a possible fake. But when you do think about it the altered date is fairly obvious in a couple ways like spacing and mint mark design, but the actual alteration is pretty well hidden and it would be easy to see this one getting passed off to a beginner coin collector as real. 1914-D (1944-D) Lincoln Wheat cent - altered date    |
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That's a one look fake! Too bad people are still fooled into buying these coins sometimes.
-CH27
Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice example of an altered coin! Good find!  |
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Edited by Daves Errors
01/22/2020 01:28 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like a pretty skilled alteration, much better than most altered 44-Ds.
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Really well done fake. Good heart pumper, at least initially.
Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Rest in Peace
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it took me a good 20 seconds to even think about a possible fake. Ahh , not for nothing but it only took me 2 seconds to see it was a fake .  |
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Nice black box coin! These are always interesting. I collect both modern and contemporary counterfeits and altered dates because I find them interesting. Good educational material as well.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Wow! That's a pretty weird fake!
Errers and Varietys.
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Yup, a nicely done counterfeit and I do collect them as Grapes does. Still looking for a Henning nickel.
Dave, I am certainly aware of the bat quarter! I'll probably wait until after they start hitting the TPGs and look for the highest graded coin I can find. Not sure how many here know it but I do have a significant collection of coins with bats on them from around the world. Likely the largest such collection in existence. My Avatar is a coin from that collection.
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My Avatar is a coin from that collection. Belarus? (Belarus makes some superb works of art.) Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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2016 Austria. And, get this, the coin glows in the dark!   |
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What a great looking coin Tropicalbats~ now that's a silver dazzler!
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