Expect An Influx Of People With "1794 Dollars"

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GrapeCollects Pillar of the Community United States 8938 Posts	Posted 09/03/2020 12:52 pm Well, the title says it. I saw this in my recommended today https://www.cnn.com/style/amp/rare-...d/index.html Given how much attention that this is likely to get, I fully expect the counterfeiters to try to push as many of their fakes as they can while the sale is in the public eye. Report this Post to the Staff

bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24150 Posts	Posted 09/03/2020 1:09 pm Yup, for sure. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 09/03/2020 5:24 pm Quote: I fully expect the counterfeiters to try to push as many of their fakes as they can Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Ballyhoo Pillar of the Community United States 1613 Posts	Posted 09/06/2020 10:20 am Soon to be followed by the "is this real?" posts. ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5239 Posts	Posted 09/06/2020 11:22 am Maybe some people insisting that it must be real because their 4-greats grandfather owned it. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/07/2020 9:08 pm Quote: The coins were not meant for the general public, but were taken to Mint Director David Rittenhouse for distribution to dignitaries as souvenirs. "They were distributed to congressmen, visiting VIPs from other nations, and other important American citizens at the time," said Mudd. The coins were given to David Rittenhouse because he deposited the silver, so they belonged to him. They were his to do with as he pleased. Some may have been, and probably were given to VIP's, but as far as I know there is no documentation of such. The mirror like fields on this coin would seem to indicate that the die was polished and a presentation "first strike" coin was produced. But this coin wasn't it. This would have been an important event and you would want that presentation piece to be a perfect as possible. You have 2,000 planchets to choose from for this presentation coin. Would you pick through and find the best planchet you could, or would you pick a planchet that had been holed and plugged, and then had a file drug across the faces of the planchet? (and this is the ONLY known 1794 struck on a holed and plugged planchet so it was like you HAD to picked a plugged planchet.) This coin was struck AFTER the presentation coin, possibly immediately after since it is the only specimen known from this die stage and the die faces are still sharp and polished, but it wasn't the first coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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