I agree with the CU poster that brought up the size of the 1st "1" in the date - it is way to tall on OP's coin. Actually the spread on the whole...
Just an update - gave an employee two $100.00 bills to go to the bank and get some more ones. Guess what they brought back? More star notes. Now I...
Series 2017 K10549001 to K10549100 and K10549301 to K10549400
Picked up cash from the bank my business cash register yesterday. Two $100.00 banded stacks of ones. I hate new bills for the cash register....
The easiest pickup is the different spacing of "E PLURIBUS" when using overlay
Added bonus for those that didn't see my post in one of Jack's previous threads. The FS-901 DDR counterfeit thread caused me to look at Barber...
Some may recall many months back - I posted about a possible reverse design change concerning the Barber Half. Most notable the right side banner...
How about flooding the market with counterfeit yuan coinage?
The FS-901 DDR thread caused me to look at Barber Quarters closer. Learned that over the course of the issue two different obverse master hubs...
It appears the design of the half changed vary little if any over time. Produced from a master hub or maybe even reduced from a galvano that...
Hopefully they will go beyond a determination of authenticity of this specific coin. IF the OP's coin emulates an authentic FS-901 - then I have...
Altered 1944 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I am also in the camp of those that believe the CPG and OP coin are different coins. But at this time my problem with the OP's coin goes deeper....
At this point I am leaning towards the OP's coin being counterfeit. My overlays indicate the spread of the die doubling of the coin is not...
Based on the images - I am also leaning towards two different coins. [ATTACH]
It is my understanding that the FS example and the subject coin of this thread are the same coin. There being only one example of this variety known.
Just more questions on my part - is this the only known example of 1899 FS-901?
Have you tried the Barber Coin Collector's Society for information? http://barbercoins.org/
No - Mint Mark placement does not match FS-501 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It is not an altered 1911-D. [ATTACH]
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