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1852 Three Cent Silver Counterfeit - Cast

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 Posted 11/21/2021  10:26 pm Show Profile   Check tropicalbats's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add tropicalbats to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
While it does look a little funky at first glance, it does take a good eye to spot something like this which is, by their very nature, quite small to start with.

1852 Three Cent Silver counterfeit - cast


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I'm sure you're right, but it's hard to believe this clunker would have circulated for long. Anyway, thanks for sharing!
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Neat! Contemporary counterfeit?
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Would appear to be so. Tiny little thing wouldn't get looked at hard and any weight difference would not be noticable.
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any weight difference would not be noticeable.


A very neat piece @tb. Would you please add the weight for reference purposes? Thx.
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