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What to you all make of this one? The edge lettering is: HUNDRED CENTS ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT with other symbols between the words. Forgot to add: weight of 26.68 grams and a diameter of 39.4mm    Edited by Dearborn
10/18/2023 08:49 am
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Looks like a fake based on the date alone.
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Could be, I think it's a fake because the bust is too far left of center too.
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Reverse is a very crude copy of a 1796 BB-61 SD/LL
Obverse is a fantasy.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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The obverse bust position is similar to the 1795 off-center bust, definitely not a 1796 obverse.
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(sarcasm!) Just list it on ebay as a newly-discovered unique transitional pattern or "mule" combining a 1796-dated 1795 obverse with a 1796 Large Letters reverse. Make sure to mention that it comes with a signed COA from renowned German numismatist U(we) R(ainer) Skrüde, better known by his first initials U.R, who estimates that when professionally certified by B.S.C.S. it will grade out at around MS63.348 on the Plinkenbinnen scale. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse
10/17/2023 6:35 pm
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The vampire's fangs were freshly sharpened on that one!
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Super fake looking. Honestly I'd never buy one of these out of a slab even if the details were perfect.
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Look at the star closest to the date (Left Side) it is completely in the wrong position compared to the hair curls. Looks like they copied the stars off of a 1795. Here is a photo from Martin Logies "Early Dollars-A pocket guide to Major Varieties" to compare them (Small and Large date) too:  I call FAKE. paralyse -   "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2˘ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
10/17/2023 7:22 pm
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Yup, I knew it was a fake, I didn't buy it. I don't remember where I got ahold of this one, the images of this I keep in my 'Fake and Counterfeit' directory. I just re-found this when I was going through my 1962 world coins to compile a list for my collection so I don't 'dearborn' any and wind up with duplicates.
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As kbbpll stated, the vampire variety of of-center bust dollars; I wrote a Coin Week article on this "family" of fakes!
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That's a pretty bad looking fake.
Errers and Varietys.
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Posted 10/17/2023 6:12 pm
Uncirculated American Silver Eagles 
