As some of you know, many of us collect counterfeit coins. Contemporary counterfeits of foreign coins and U.S. Colonials are often valued more than their genuine counterpart. One "famous" counterfeit U.S. gold coin is the 1907 "Omega" High Relief $20. These coins usually sell for over their bullion price due to their novelty and story. We'll just now, I'm grading a modern struck counterfeit of that fifty-year-old fake. Unfortunately, for the submitter who sent it in to be slabbed in our yellow label Educational Only slab as an "Omega" fake, it is going to be put in a slab as simply not genuine. Consider this as a warning that there must be many of these entering the market. I'm going to have images made and will post them next week. UPDATE: There is not enough of the "Omega" Type diagnostics still visible to consider this a copy of fake! This will go out as a normal C/F HR $20
No So far, no counterfeit of the fake "Omega." What looked like one did not "pick-up" enough of the diagnostics like the tool marks. There was a very weak hint of the Omega Mark but not good enough be conclusive. Already done. I've seen two counterfeit Hennings of the Chinese type earlier this year.
I am not surprised, it appears the demand for them increased significantly in the past years… BIN prices on eBay are as high as $300-$400 now.
That would have been cool! I have not seen a fake Henning yet... I did see an electro of and 1804 "restrike" large cent though, also a fake of a fake.
Not looking to pirate the thread, but another of my "fakes of a fake"... This is an electro of an altered date half cent:
Think of a bright nickel with the details of an XF, a sharp Prooflike edge, and microscopic granularity - too good to be true eye appeal.
