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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That looks like the product of an illicit liaison between a mule and a giraffe!
Edited by jpsned
09/23/2011 6:17 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Im confused what we are looking at here
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
No need to be confused, it is simply a base metal fantasy counterfeit of a Silver American Eagle.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I live 5 minutes away and packed myself for protection. I have had 3 different CCW permits, including one for Manhattan that's VERY hard to get. I only mention this because I am responsible and experienced with my weapon and have not had to brandish it in all the years I carried. It is a "no options left" tool that would only be for self preservation... if anyone is interested I will finish tonight and tell you how it developed and more importantly how I walked out of there with 2 coins that were slipped to me by the new SSA.  What's the point of this "story"? Reminds me of years and years ago about a joke about "The Blue Hole" a never ending story where the joke was the story got further and further away from any point whatsoever. Have we been punked? Les  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Fantasy piece designed to deceive the uninformed. Story makes no sense either. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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This coin is NOT a fake. with that date, there is obviously no intention to deceive. Probably better described as a fantasy. It is certainly not a coin.
The question that needs to be asked is:
'How much silver is there in it?' If there is less than 1 oz. fine silver in it as claimed, I guess that it can be argued that there is in fact an attempted deception.
Broken-Coin has the right approach, but more than just the surface needs to be tested.
Edited by sel_69l
09/25/2011 03:16 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This coin is NOT a fake. with that date, there is obviously no intention to deceive. Really? I guess you have never seen fake Trade dollars and Morgans from China with impossible dates that are sold to tourists every day..You can buy them legally on any street in the bigger cities in China. Any type of coin you want in any quantity from any country. (illegal to possess in this country BTW) Although I will say that most of the ones I've seen look MUCH better than this piece of crap alloy that is already deteriorating. They make a coin that does not circulate look circulated? Like someone would get it in change from Starbucks?..and make it ugly on top of that...poorly made fake |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think we have been punked merclover!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
809 Posts |
This is a coin blog....why is he talking about guns? |
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 United States
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Sigh. I can assure you have not been punked. I simply wanted to post an image of a counterfit eagle that was noteworthy due to the ridiculous date. We are not talking about guns. I was simply telling the story that I was expecting to see a large quantity of stolen Peace dollars brought in by a potentially dangerous gangsta' only to find an old couple that had been scammed by a parking lot gypsy. It is also about trusting stupid people that don't know weigthts or dates and how they can cost a business money. I thought it was interesting but also knew that if it was not a FAQ from a deeply archived VAM board regarding classification 1,234,987-A DDR/DDO far date that it would probably not be worth going further with the story for fear it would be misunderstood or not appreciated by someone who likely finds the Black Book, large cent charts, great reading material for the crapper. Fortunately there are exactly 3 sane posters in this thread. I will leave that to the resident theorists to determine which are the 3. 2MQ (who is not counting himself in the three) Edited by 2ManyQuestions
09/26/2011 02:30 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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2MQ I enjoy reading anything regarding coins. Your story just had a lot of info that sounded like an episode of law and order and I had no idea where you were going with it. Now your summation post gives a much better idea of what happened. A life experience or a complex numismatic reference does not matter here...i learn from them all and appreciate them being shared.
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09/26/2011 03:17 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So why exactly does anyone think that a fake coin with a date 84 years BEFORE it was actually first minted and looks like a lead casting needs to be weighed...Do you REALLY think it is silver?
Really? Why waste any time measuring, weighing, tasting etc. on this....IT'S A COUNTERFEIT! THAT COIN WITH THAT DATE DOESN'T EXIST! AAHHHHHhhh but what if it did turn out to be the only one the Mint ever made? And what if it was really all Silver? Due to the funny looks, also, might be Gold with Silver plating. And what if it was not supposed to be sent out by the Mint but did? What if a time traveler went back in time, got a job at the Mint, made that coin, brought it back here for sale?  Just have to think of all possibilities you know.  So just how much was actually paid for this coin? So far never mentioned or did I miss that? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes, I TOTALLY dismissed time travel and a Mint infiltrator...sometimes one just overlooks the obvious....
It is a curiosity piece worth a couple of bucks..just keep it away from magnets..
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United States
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For anyone thinking about doing acid tests, I urge you to look to other options before damaging the coin by filing it. I'd hate for someone to flush the numismatic value of a coin down the drain just because they wanted to find out if a coin was silver.
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