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Pillar of the Community
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Bought this one as a counterfeit at a coin show recently. Adding it to the collection of such things and keeping it off the street. What stands out immediately is the wear of all the devices, except the mint mark. Everything is worn flat to the fields, yet the mint mark has pretty much distinct edges all around it. Then there are those long serifs. And finally, although it is close to position 4, the location seems to be too far east to be a match to any known mint mark location. On the plus side, the color is a pretty good match. And as a side note, often times when you find an added mint mark you find scratches on the surface that appear to go under the mint mark without being on the mint mark. In this case those scratches do actually go across the mint mark itself, and I can't figure out exactly whey they were added after the mint mark was in place. 1914-D Lincoln Wheat cent fake - added mint mark    |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very interesting, tropicalbats, and kudos for keeping this fake off of the streets.
Perhaps the scratches were intentionally added in an attempt to camouflage the mint mark. But if the forger went to that trouble, why not buff it down to match the rest of the coin?
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pretty interesting tropicalbats! The biggest give away of it being fake, is the shape of the mint mark, and it not being worn down like the rest of the coin.
Errers and Varietys.
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United States
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Nice one, thanks for sharing it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks as always, love your stuff.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4135 Posts |
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, it just may save someone some money.
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United States
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Interesting example!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3535 Posts |
Wow I wouldn't have known that was a fake straight off, except for the inconsistent circulation wear on MM.
Good info Bats!
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Pillar of the Community
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It's my opinion that it takes rather a lot of skill to insert a mint mark onto a well-worn coin. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of 1916-D Mercury dimes out there labeled as fake that are actually correct. It's just a lot harder to put the correct amount of wear on a mint mark to match the coin, and when a coin is really heavily flattened then so much harder. Likely a bit easier on silver than copper, but still. |
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That is a very nice 'D' MM there  where everything else is very worn - the MM survived.. lol |
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Posted 11/01/2023 02:42 am
