Dude hit up etsy!!! And tell the story that grandpa was one of the 100k that got to review one!! You could retaire if some dope bought that!! I think it could be pass off also pretty easy!! Are you making these in your basement??
If I remember correctly a real coin is pressed into softer metal to form a die. This is then used to strike a few coins. The design gets mushy very quickly, so you can't strike many. Aluminum is a soft metal but if you look closely, you can see some detail loss. I believe that @JCro57 has posted some counterfeit errors that were made using the the same technique (his avatar??)
First one I've seen - Joe, your scale shows .09 - that's grams, correct? .....or is it that I can't see the . in the blue display? ( 1 genuine piece weighs .93) Apparently it weighs 1/10th of a genuine coin - a bit strange.
Even if it's real it's an illegal coin and subject to confiscation. You would have to go on the black market, in a different country to sell it. And Fred, the scale says 0.9 A problem with this coin is if "everybody wants one", there are going to be countless threads about someone's million dollar 1974 aluminum cent. I guess the grading companies won't mind, free money for them.
Strike that on a copper Planchet and I would definitely be fooled.Do 100 times and you got a dollar from me,lol. Counterfeiting currency is illegal,I wonder where this came from.
At .9 grams, that's basically the same weight at the genuine '74 Aluminum cent. I guess that's impressive that they got the weight right.
Yes, sir. 9.0 grams. Scary how convincing it can be to some collectors and those with sinister intentions. Even the diameter is dead on.
I have posted some, but my avatar is of a genuine coin that was struck an additional time, but by a fake obverse die.
If they start with an aluminum disc of the right size and thickness, surely it's hard to imagine how they could get the weight wrong...?
