March 27th: Altered Coin, Counterfeit Coin, or Genuine Error?

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by JCro57, Mar 27, 2020.

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  1. JCro57

    JCro57 Making Errors Great Again

    ANSWER: ALTERED TO RESEMBLE AN ERROR

    This is a genuine cent, but was altered by being struck a second time with a set of counterfeit dies.

    It was from a collection of fakes sent to me on temporary loan by @Fred Weinberg to photograph and study.
     
    JCro57, Mar 28, 2020
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  3. TypeCoin971793

    TypeCoin971793 Just a random guy on the internet

    “This 1985 cent shows a second strike that was delivered by a pair of counterfeit dies. The counterfeit strike is vertically-oriented in the photos and appears on the left side of each face. One of the counterfeit dies was tilted (vertically misaligned), which is why the strike is restricted to one half of the coin.”

    :cool::cigar:
     
    TypeCoin971793, Mar 28, 2020
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  4. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    Wow. That's a really good fake. Fooled me.
     
    physics-fan3.14, Mar 28, 2020
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