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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 25353246, member: 101855"]If the counterfeiter made his fakes like the Chinese are doing it and like a legitimate mint, he or she has a hub with the Mercury Dime design in place with everything, except the date and possible mint mark. Therefore when the counterfeiter made this “1942 over 1” dime he added the date to the working die. The trouble is, he didn’t get it quite right. Still it’s close enough that it would fool a lot of people, especially if you don’t have the genuine thing available for a comparison. </p><p><br /></p><p>if my assumption above is correct, this counterfeiter could have made other Mercury Dimes, like a 1916-D, the 1921s or any other date. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have photos of a counterfeit 1796 half dollar that someone made over 60 years ago. It’s so good that it fooled the major auction houses back in the early 1960s. The fake was picked up many years later when an owner submitted it to PCGS. I’ll post pictures of it when I’m on my desktop.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 25353246, member: 101855"]If the counterfeiter made his fakes like the Chinese are doing it and like a legitimate mint, he or she has a hub with the Mercury Dime design in place with everything, except the date and possible mint mark. Therefore when the counterfeiter made this “1942 over 1” dime he added the date to the working die. The trouble is, he didn’t get it quite right. Still it’s close enough that it would fool a lot of people, especially if you don’t have the genuine thing available for a comparison. if my assumption above is correct, this counterfeiter could have made other Mercury Dimes, like a 1916-D, the 1921s or any other date. I have photos of a counterfeit 1796 half dollar that someone made over 60 years ago. It’s so good that it fooled the major auction houses back in the early 1960s. The fake was picked up many years later when an owner submitted it to PCGS. I’ll post pictures of it when I’m on my desktop.[/QUOTE]
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