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Posting pics so that when the auction is removed, folks can still learn.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Crude is a bit of an understatement.
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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Let's save a picture of the coin edge, as this is an important clue.  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
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Let's save a picture of the coin edge, as this is an important clue. My coffee hasn't kicked in yet. Does that say COPY? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Keith, it looks very much like that.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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wow, what an ugly 'coin'.
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Pillar of the Community
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Does it say COPY on the edge? To me, it looks like pitting and cracking from a poor casting.
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Oh my.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
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This replica from my collection looks similar.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fake Massachusetts cents are a plague on ebay, you can find at least one every time you look. |
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Both my copy and the ebay coin have a grey metal core covered with a thin brown layer. You can see the grey metal core showing through at the high points on the ebay coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Is the thin brown layer just an artificial chemical patina?
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, it is some sort of brown wash to imitate a copper coin.
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Posted 08/22/2024 12:36 am
