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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I try to post some of the counterfeits I get as examples of what to look for. This one has a glued on "S" and could easily be bought by someone unfamiliar with these coins. 1909-S VDB Lincoln Wheat cent - added mint mark    |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks for posting these fakes.
If people look closely, without even comparing MM position to known examples, the streaks of color on the "S" go a different direction than the color on the date and fields.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1173 Posts |
Interesting. Thanks for showing us this counterfeit example.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
8785 Posts |
Wow! Glued on.
-makecents-
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Pillar of the Community
United States
549 Posts |
That's amazing. Thanks for sharing. Excellent coin though. What happens to it now? Does it retain any value since it is only the mint mark?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1086 Posts |
Thanks for sharing! That is still a pretty nice V.D.B.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Pretty well done, I must admit. If you know the 4 accredited MM positions it's clearly wrong, but if you're not really familiar with them, it could be a fooler.
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Valued Member
United States
133 Posts |
That had to be a lot of work to accomplish and have it look that good!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Also the location of the dots are not correct on the V.D.B.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10635 Posts |
Very nice bats!   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
6116 Posts |
Yeah, it looks pretty good, and did when I first looked at it too. But it's had a lot of work done on it including a full coin cleaning and some tooling so not really a good coin. Seems very professionally done, as even with my pics it's hard to see all the work done on it. Someone knew what they were doing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks TB for the example. Important to consider with a big purchase like that. Thanks for the additional info COOP. Shame to see skills wasted on making fakes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2869 Posts |
If it had not been the flow in the metal I would not have noticed this one.
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Moderator
United States
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I wonder if they use that strong 'Gorilla glue' stuff
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2869 Posts |
An acetone soak may remove that mm.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Acetone probably would remove it, but certainly not going to do that. I collect counterfeits. And can't be Gorilla glue, as that stuff expands as it dries and would not be suitable for this kind of work. I'm thinking regular old superglue.
Some of the reasons why this is a counterfeit have been noted, but also note that it is the wrong MMV for this year.
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Posted 08/17/2021 06:51 am
