Lady Liberty Is Crying..........

Idk when or who made that rule, or when counterfeits became acceptable to fill holes, but I beg to differ. If that hole bugs you so much it needs to be filled, a fake doesn't belong. If you have, say a nice slabbed Fine-12 1916-D and can't bring yourself to crack it, buy a nice slabbed Fair-2, crack, and fill the hole. If it has to be filled that badly, it had better be a real one. If you can afford $2K for the centerpiece, you can afford another $500. But that's just my logic.

Lol yep. I was up late surfing eBay. Charged up now lol.

The 1916-D isn't truly rare though.

 

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You're right, but considering there are no markings alterting to everybody that they are counterfeit, and that I have seen at least 20 of these exact looking fakes over the past year in auctions being stated as authentic, it sickens me. I just know people are buying them to pass off as the real deal.

 

Please don't post worthless stuff like this.

 

Couldn’t agree more. But for those of us that suffer from ADD or whatever they call it these days..... An empty hole in a coin book will make me crazy enough to howl at the moon!..... And no, it isn’t rare. Just commands the price because it is legendary.

 

I didn't even get it so I ignored!

 

The problem is that it isn't clear that the coin is a 'replica' when you look at it. They need to put the word COPY on it somewhere so someone else can't try to pass it off as real.

 

I guess those Chinese have to mess everything up for everybody!

 

Right he is just supplying the people that will try to pass it off them off as real.

The several years later the adhesive dries out, the note falls away.......

 

When I said "(by which I mean I state)," I figured it was clear to the casual reader that it was my rule that I made up. I have never done this, but reserve the right to do so in the future. The implication is also that if you sell the real coin, you must remove the place holder from the album. The rules also state that if you don't like my rule, don't follow it.

 

Nor does she.

 

I don’t disagree. But in an odd way, the early counterfeit I have plugging that hole is something of twisted numismatist history. I considered marking the dime. Still do think about that and may do so one day. For the time being though it resides safely in my possession and will not be used to fool others.

 

Wrong mm style would be my first clue.

 

To anyone who knows, or anyone who spends 3 minutes researching, that is clearly counterfeit. It is a good copy, but very definitely fake. But yes, I agree that the coin is not clearly marked copy, and so could be used for nefarious purposes.

 

Honest seller. Why not. Kinda cool.

 

I do the same thing. I know it’s a drop in the bucket but if we do nothing then I feel I’m as much to blame as they are.

 

True, but we have seen a lot worse fakes of this coin sold to the unknowledgeable as real on ebay.

 

Because it creates a demand for this stuff that the hobby would be better off without.

 

You're beginning to sound like Carr (i.e. "It's okay if sold with disclosure..." line of thinking).

 

There is already too much garbage like this being dumped on the hobby. I don't care who you are or how you make it, it's a problem that's only going to get worse.

We need stronger laws that don't let anyone wiggle around them. We lost any chance of stopping imported garbage but we sure as heck could have laws with enough bite to slow the sales in the US. Our laws on currency don't leave much room to wiggle around them. You can't make or sell fake currency.

My hats off to folks like the Gallery Mint that would stamp the product with the word "copy". They cared enough for the hobby to do the right thing.

 

Oooh, ouch.