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Im out only a dollar on this one, as I found this oddity at a flea market and this was mixed in with a bunch of other foreign coins in a box. When I was there looking at this, I wondered if it was fake, but bought it anyways to learn more about it. This seems to have some of the same texture as some of the other lead fakes on CCF, and looks the same. Be prepped for some creepy fake coin  Oh yeah, and where the mintmark should be, there is damage, so inconclusive mint.   Edited by mrwhatisit
11/10/2021 9:56 pm
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Thanks for that, very cool.
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What is the point of making these terrible fakes?
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Is there a filled hole through Miss Liberty's neck?
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What is the point of making these terrible fakes? Clearly not to fool modern collectors. Perhaps it was a contemporary counterfeit? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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What is the point of making these terrible fakes? 50 cents was a lot of money in the 1920s. |
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When I was a kid I used to cast lead. I started out using my Dad's old moulds of WWI soldiers, which date from the time of this counterfeit. The soldiers came out better than the coin but had the same homemade look.
When you got tired of them you melted them and recast them. Wonder how they made the mould. If I'd had one I would have made some half dollars too. You might have been able to fool another kid with them.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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11/11/2021 08:03 am
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Oh my!  |
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Cool contemporary counterfeit! Nice find!!  |
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Oh yeah, and where the mintmark should be, there is damage, so inconclusive mint. Looks like the long lost Mint of Joe's basement. Wondering what it was like to play with lead toys as a kid - I grew up in the age of plastic. Obviously little kids would inevitably put these in their mouths and cause some measure of developmental damage. It must have been fun to use your imagination more while playing with toys. |
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Here's the kind of casting set I used.The level of detail on the moulds is pretty good. I didn't have any Germans. https://www.ebay.com/itm/133312784170I was confined to a workbench in the basement to cast my soldiers. I cannot imagine anyone selling these to kids today for many reasons, starting with what you could do with molten lead. If you poured it on the bench it left a good scorch mark. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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11/11/2021 2:20 pm
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I had a couple of fake British £1 coins made of lead (gilded) in change in the 1990s. I've also seen lead florins from the 1920s and a lead 1969 50p piece in the junk box at my LCS.
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Did you say the spot where the MM would be is damaged . Well what are you calling the rest of that coin ?  |
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This one takes "soft" and "mushy" to a whole new level. Nice find!
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@thq, that link shows a picture of the kids and his father-with a pipe! I guess that was pretty typical in the 1950s.
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You all are awesome here, I figured there were more ideas to grasp here. T-Bop, I get your point  , not only damaged but un-real at that. I though would not have expected a contemporary counterfeit on this. So I guess this would not have much of a value except for a historical curiosity. So apparently there is a some kind of market for contemporary counterfeits I am seeing elsewhere on this site from older threads. Edited by mrwhatisit
11/11/2021 8:59 pm
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