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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Easy to spot cast fake here, but I can see this one getting passed successfully back in the day when it was just what folks were using every day and no one looked too close. But it's only 9.73g and has a very thick rim so doesn't really feel right in hand. 1917 Walking Liberty half dollar - counterfeit   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Too obvious. The fakers are wasting their time with this one.
Not even deceiving enough to be included in an educative collection of 'dark' coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think these contemporary counterfeits have been around a long time.
I remember in 1958 I was in the 3rd grade at an elementary school in McKinney Texas. Our teacher was collecting our lunch money one morning and a classmate paid for his lunch with a similar looking half to yours but dated in the 1940's. She ended up passing it around to the class so we could learn from it. It was my first exposure to a counterfeit coin. The kid ended up charging his lunch that day. (Oh—— lunch was 25 cents back then and an extra carton of milk was 3 cents!)
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I should think that any contemporary counterfeit is worth saving, and all are educational not just ones that are top notch quality. The counterfeits I am putting up are part of a collection of about 40 coins that a guy did buy as real, so just because they are obvious to someone doesn't mean everyone knows what to look for. They were part of a large collection a dealer bought and he sifted out rather a lot of bad coins from the mix and I ended up with them as I collect pretty much any fakes I find along the way and this was a particularly big haul. But lots of ancients and stuff I don't know much about so some learning to do on my end.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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We all appreciate your effort!
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6108 Posts |
I agree and have quite a number of them as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My Dad gave me a cast 1918 half back in the 1950's. It was one of two "coins" that got me started in coin collecting. I then got some coin books on the library bookmobile. Quote:
Too obvious. The fakers are wasting their time with this one. To a point, I agree. Fake coins were often stuck within rolls. Walk out of the bank with that roll, and later, try to cash that fake for a real one .... Lotsa luck with that! Also, consider that many immigrants were then pouring into the USA, and they would be less familiar with our currency. Edited by ExoGuy
02/04/2023 12:21 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I got my first cast counterfeit, a Seated Liberty half dollar, back around 1980 at a flea market. The seller was upfront that it was fake and I think I paid a dollar or two for it and still have it. Just always thought such things were interesting but didn't really start collecting them until maybe five or six years ago. |
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Posted 02/04/2023 01:49 am
