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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 7937467, member: 24314"]While I don't claim to be a Large cent expert, I've have always been of the opinion that Jefferson Head cents (while interesting) are very crude counterfeits that became "accepted" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> by powerful folks in the numismatic community long before I was born. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This type of thing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> is still going on in my lifetime. I'm all for collecting fakes but let's identify them for what they are and still charge whatever <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> price they bring. These are called samples made outside the mint. That's like all the other "samples" made outside the Mint. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 7937467, member: 24314"]While I don't claim to be a Large cent expert, I've have always been of the opinion that Jefferson Head cents (while interesting) are very crude counterfeits that became "accepted" ;);) by powerful folks in the numismatic community long before I was born. :greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy: This type of thing :greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy: is still going on in my lifetime. I'm all for collecting fakes but let's identify them for what they are and still charge whatever :greedy: price they bring. These are called samples made outside the mint. That's like all the other "samples" made outside the Mint. :smuggrin:[/QUOTE]
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