1853 Three Cent With Doubling - Possible Counterfeit

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apcol258 Valued Member United States 202 Posts	Posted 03/11/2021 11:12 pm Strong doubling shows on the obverse as well as a die crack running through the bottom of the date. That along with the exposed metal flaking away from the initial attempt at punching a hole makes me think this is a contemporary counterfeit. It also has a pretty strong rotation as you can see by looking at the hole location on each side. I have seen some of the hand cut die counterfeit trimes, but would guess this could be a transfer die or is it something else? If it is a counterfeit, is anyone familiar with this variety as I have yet to see one with the die crack and doubling? Report this Post to the Staff

PNWType Pillar of the Community United States 561 Posts	Posted 03/11/2021 11:55 pm Hard to say for certain with the state that it's in. It could go either way but I don't immediately see anything about it that says counterfeit I don't see the doubling you speak of, but spotting it isn't my forte; die cracks were a common result of the times, and the rotation is also a common thing of the times, so I wouldn't call it counterfeit by those two things alone. Report this Post to the Staff
apcol258 Valued Member United States 202 Posts	Posted 03/12/2021 06:10 am Thank you for the comment PNW. Agreed it's in pretty bad shape and hard to get good photos. The doubling I see is in the 'RICA' of America, most noticably the 'A'. Maybe some on the upper portion of the star as well. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 03/12/2021 09:05 am Looks OK to me, just had a pretty miserable life. Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 03/12/2021 10:41 am I can see something going on there on the AMERICA. Especially looks like it was struck twice rather than being a doubled die. Report this Post to the Staff
ExoGuy Pillar of the Community United States 4415 Posts	Posted 03/13/2021 3:19 pm I share the suspicion that this may be a die struck counterfeit. While I once owned one, it didn't have a glaring error such as this one does. A seriously cool and curious piece, this! I had a counterfeit Liberty nickel that possessed similar doubling of letters in the legend. Aside: I was browsing trimes on ebay this past week and was surprised to see such a large percentage of them bearing holes. Report this Post to the Staff
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