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Pillar of the Community
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Picked this up knowing this was counterfeit and so did the dealer for less than 10 bucks out the door at an antique store a few days ago. I understand this to be lead most likely, and the weight is a tad over 13 grams. I wanted an example of a CC Barber half anyways, and this was the first one I have ever seen.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
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Moderator
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Are you starting a counterfeit collection?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2280 Posts |
Looks like lead
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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Pillar of the Community
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I wanted an example of a CC Barber half anyways, and this was the first one I have ever seen.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1173 Posts |
Very interesting, thanks for sharing.
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Moderator
United States
54280 Posts |
CC = Contemporary Counterfeit, not Carson City.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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My God , even my 9year old granddaughter can tell that's fake .  |
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Very interesting!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What great coin. I have always found made for circulation counterfeits to be fascinating. Much more so than numismatic fakes.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hard to believe that it fooled anybody. Looks like it was originally painted silver. Is there a casting port or a seam in the rim? Interesting contemporary fake.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My "Black Cabinet" includes a group of these pot metal Barber coins, dimes, quarters and halves, among others. I've long suspected that these "contemporary counterfeits" were created during the depression years, being the late 1920's to early 1930's. In 1916, the coin designs changed, and while these coins continued to circulate, the then obsolete Barber coins would be somewhat less suspicious. Then too, there were many immigrants pouring into the country, and they'd be more vulnerable to this sort of scam. While I've acquired a few post-1916 cast counterfeits, the Barber series pieces do appear to be more common. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Don't pop that baby in your mouth and keep it away from children...
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Obverse seems much better executed than the reverse. I suppose you only have to show one side to fool an unsuspecting mark.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Posted 06/12/2022 10:38 pm
Uncirculated American Silver Eagles 
