NGC Submission is Back, Guess the fake

I recently sent in 16 world coins to NGC for grading. I have gotten pretty good over the years at guessing the letter grade but admit that I am terrible at identifying problem coins unless it is pretty obvious.

This submission had it's share of "cleaned" coins that I missed but one came back body-bagged as "NOT GENUINE". I am pretty shocked. Of course they don't give you a lot of details but, I am assuming it is a contemporary counterfeit.

NGC does their Photo Vision pictures prior to grading so I still got high quality images of all of them.

Below are 4 of the coins from the submission. If you want, take a guess at which one you think came back as the fake. I'll let this cook all weekend and reveal which one it is Sunday night.

1) 1772 Frankfurt Thaler D-2226


2) 1606 Mansfeld Thaler D-6977


3) ca.1652 Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Thaler D-6362A


4) 1612 Saxe-Gotha Thaler D7429

 

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The fake is #3

 

That’s a bummer, Chris. I’m throwing a guess on the 1772 piece. That one is giving me the most “off” vibes.

 

I think 3 too.

 

#4 - the guy on the left has the same expression I'd have if I were facing someone with four eyes...

 

That's a bummer! Hope you can get your money back.
I'm going to guess the fake is #4.

 

Yeah.... I am in the #3 camp too.