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Pillar of the Community
United States
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  Yes, the font differences of the counterfeit on the left compared to the genuine example on the right is one key. But, the slab is decent and the barcode scans correctly. Fortunately the on-line cert, which of course has no image does have a past auction listed and link to the Heritage one, so images to compare to. For anyone who has read mine or other's articles on these, the "bite marks" on the throat of the "Vampire Counterfeits" are diagnostic of the fakes; the counterfeiters have made "coins" using this design from 1795 through 1799, but the 1795 is obviously the most deceptive since it was taken from a genuine host example.  This counterfeit can be seen in my unpinned post in PCGS's CU Forum on known counterfeit PCGS holders.
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Moderator
 United States
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The obverse label color also appears to be different.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
The label lettering is slightly funky, I think.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1510 Posts |
Label is slightly off, but that is one of the best fake slabs I have seen. Scary stuff
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5665 Posts |
Thanks for the tip about the bite marks on the neck. That's a nice diagnostic to know about.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4233 Posts |
The slab shape and quality aren't the same, but it would easily fool somebody. Better know your counterfeit diagnostics before buying one of these.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
I like the fake coin better than the real one... the real one should be in a details holder. No reason for a VF coin to be so reflective.
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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