ANA's Bad 1799 Draped Bust Dollars...

A friend was at the ANA's Counterfeit Class today and was able to see and take images of the best of these counterfeits. Images here per his permission:




And his note:



I sent him this note on a good att for the edge; my example on the top, the ANA image on the bottom:



I own 2 examples and have written 2 Coin Week Articles on these at (2nd article at the bottom of the 1st):

https://coinweek.com/authenticated-suspect-counterfeit-1799-bust-dollar/

Best, Jack.

 

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Thanks for this, the run of the mill Chinese fakes are laughable but anything this convincing is pretty scary.

 

One big problem is the mark on the edge is not visible with old TPG holders.