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Well, I was cleaning my junk drawer and came across what I had bought years back which later on felt like a dummy  I'm sure we've all at one point or another bought the one that we must have had and down the road realized it was a fake. So I thought this could be a fun and educational topic, let's share yours. It doesn't necessarily have to be an error coin. Below are Two examples of my early on buys, a double struck Cent, curtesy of a Hammer job and a Quarter taken a long Acid bath.      Edited by Chase007
01/26/2025 3:57 pm
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Yikes!  I have no fakes. At least I hope I have no fakes. My biggest sin is buying cleaned coins.   |
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My biggest sin is buying cleaned coins. That was another one of my short falls too 
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Sometimes I knew it, but a Dansco hole filled is a Dansco hole filled. |
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none yet - but I did buy a fake Trade dollar that I knew was fake..  |
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Quote:but I did buy a fake Trade dollar that I knew was fake.. Black cabinet additions. 
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Black cabinet additions. Yep..
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1894 Spanish 5 pesetas:  |
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1894 Spanish 5 pesetas: A nice example for the black cabinet! 
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great looking coin Rob. It fooled me when I saw it in a flea market in Spain in 1982. I didn't know much about Spanish silver at the time. The giveaway is the monogram on the left of the shield on the reverse. A genuine coin dated 1894 has 'PG' - this one has 'MS'. The '4' of the date also looks wrong. I imagine the fakers had one master die which they used to make forgeries of several different dates. Luckily it didn't cost me too much - about 800 pesetas, then worth about US$7. (Still, I could have treated my attractive co-worker to a burger and fries and a beer at 'Fradejas' for that money).
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01/28/2025 2:34 pm
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Luckily it didn't cost me too much - about 800 pesetas, then worth about US$7... Not that bad, even if you had to go hungry that day.
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Not a bad looking fake, I could see why you didn't catch it at the time.Good thing is that you didn't drop a big bucks on it. Is it Silver though?
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Quote:but I did buy a fake Trade dollar that I knew was fake I did that once with a 1844-CC Morgan $ just for conversation sake at the club and in the group only Two collectors correctly identified it.
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01/28/2025 6:02 pm
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Silver though? I've never had it tested. It's not magnetic but is slightly underweight. I think the underlying metal is copper or brass. The surface appears to be silver.
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