1929 Peace Dollar (Rarer than Rare)

Howdy fellow coin peeps, :thumb:

I found this on Ebay and while I know it's a counterfeit/fantasy piece, it's still an interesting coin and I think it would be an excellent addition to any Peace Dollar collection (fills a hole that doesn't exist) and for someone who collects counterfeits, it would be a must have in my opinion.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200223852715&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=010

Ribbit

 

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It is not even a good fake, it is a bad example. It is worse than even the Chinese examples, some of which are getting almost convincing.

 

Got a better example to post? Bring it on! :thumb:

I love quality fantasy pieces but the real good ones are hard to find.

Ribbit

 

Maybe we should set up a fake coin grading service?

 

I thought that's what SGS is/was? :goof:

Ribbit

 

LOL, :thumb:

 

Well 1929 is a very rare date for Peace dollars lol... can't get any rarer than non-existant.

I'd call it a counterfeit but you can't really have a fake of something that never really existed. Guess "fantasy piece" would be the technically correct term.

 

1964 is rarer

 

A 64 is tough to find.

 

Can you give us the skinny on these? I asked PCGS if they'd slab/authenticate a Henning Nickel and they said they wouldn't slab counterfeits, so that makes me wonder what the scoop is on this. :rolling:

Ribbit

 

Does anyone here read German?

Babelfish struck out on translating this reply I received from the seller to an e-mail pointing out that there were no 1929 Peace Dollars:

 

So that's how so many rare coins find their way to Ebay? :goof:

Ribbit