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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Already gone.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nuts, I wanted to see that!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Ditto. I'm sure another will come around, though.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
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Here's the obverse of the coin that was removed. I couldn't locate the reverse image.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thank you!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Excellent example of a "Vampire" hub counterfeit. (see fang marks on neck) This hub was made from a 1795 off-center Bust B-14 dollar. The date was than ground off the hub and the hub ihas been used to create a LOT a dateless bust dollar dies. Then the different dates would be punched into the die and counterfeits made from them. This "Vampire" hub cam be found on fakes dated from 1795 to 1804. This hub has been in use a long time and some of the diagnostic features are fading out on more recent fakes.
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That is fascinating information, Conder. |
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Pillar of the Community
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the reverse had a round blob of metal near the M in America. Eagle didn't look quite right also.
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Thanks Zurie and Conder.
Fascinating.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yes, thanks Zurie and Conder.
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Condor, good info. Is the hub still in use, and if not why not? Lost, seized, sold for scrap, broken over someone's head in a barfight?
Edited by jimbucks
06/04/2021 7:14 pm
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Hard to say if it is still in use as I don't know who owns it. But Vampire counterfeits are becoming less prevalent, and some of the more recently seen ones as I mentioned have some of the diagnostic features weak or missing so I suspect the hub if it is still in use is not far from retirement. Of course if they still have the source coin they could always make another hub.
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Posted 06/04/2021 08:53 am
