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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 3764767, member: 93371&quot;]In my Coin World podcast from the 2019 Dayton EAC Convention discussion on counterfeits we discussed 3 &quot;families&quot; of fakes, the 1804 &quot;C-6&quot; half cent set, the 1833 &quot;N-5&quot; large cent set and the 1795 &quot;off-center bust&quot; dollar set.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1795 off-center bust, known as variety B-14, BB-51 is unique to the date and an obvious bad Numismatic choice for a family of differently dated counterfeits! Comparison images courtesy PCGS:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007940[/ATTACH]</p><p>From the internet on a popular Coin Forum two different examples were separately posted for review and discussion; the main concern was authenticity by both OP’s.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007941[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center">Posted Review Example</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>I have created a set of images comparing this with the second posted example and highlighted common marks between the two as follows.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007942[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center">Obverse comparison of two study examples</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1007945[/ATTACH] The common “puncture” marks</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>These common marks have lead others to nickname these the “vampire” counterfeits, although there must be a genuine source example out there somewhere!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007946[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center">Reverse comparison of two study examples</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>The reverses are pretty unremarkable for common marks; the red circle highlights a rim ding unique to the second example of these two.</p><p><br /></p><p>These “coins” are pretty good representations of a genuine 1795 off-center bust dollar!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007949[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center">Comparison to a known genuine example (courtesy PCGS)</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Now the fun begins, as the counterfeiters use the base example and die and create the improbable “family” series of dates.</p><p><br /></p><p>To date we have images for 1796, 1797, 1798 and a mystery 1799 half-member!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007950[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center">1796 “Replica” off-center bust</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Of course there are no off-center bust varieties for the year but here you have one complete with the “fang” marks and stamped REPLICA.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there are those that are not so stamped and appear pretty deceptive to the inexperienced of the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007951[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center">1796 off-center bust counterfeit</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>As I noted in the podcast a Red Book would help weed many of these out!</p><p><br /></p><p>And next are the “1797’s” as the family just keeps expanding!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007956[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">This one sports a realistic looking die break.</p><p><br /></p><p>And of course there is a “1798” version complete with matching family marks!</p><p><br /></p><p>And the last, more of a half-brother if you would is this “1799” correctly centered bust but the same reverse as the other family members which is wrong for a 1799!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007957[/ATTACH]</p><p>As I have previously stated in other articles one of the best ways to protect yourself from this type of fake for sale is to learn the series yourself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buy the reference books, join a discussion group or club focused on your interests (such as Early American Coppers/ “EAC”) and ask other experienced members and friends. And review similar items on the internet- major auction house&#039;s sales archives and NGC&#039;s and PCGS&#039;s variety pages are great on-line resources.</p><p><br /></p><p>As always, the research and summary articles continue to be a collaborative effort with many EAC members and “Dark Side” friends participating and contributing!</p><p><br /></p><p>Best- Jack D. Young EAC 5050[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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