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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 8213955, member: 93371&quot;]Images of a &quot;coin&quot; for sale:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441559[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441560[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441561[/ATTACH]</p><p>There are a few issues when looked at closely-</p><p><br /></p><p>1st it doesn&#039;t match the listed &quot;small date, small letters variety:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441562[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2nd it is an off center bust, which was only struck dated 1795:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441563[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>3rd it has the &quot;bite marks&quot; of the struck fakes nicknamed the &quot;vampire&quot; counterfeits.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441564[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>4th the obverse bar code doesn&#039;t read (at least with my scanner).</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately the cert number used does not have an on-line image of the genuine coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1441565[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My Coin Week article can be found at <a href="https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coins-a-family-of-struck-fake-draped-bust-dollars/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coins-a-family-of-struck-fake-draped-bust-dollars/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coins-a-family-of-struck-fake-draped-bust-dollars/</a> for those interested.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best, Jack.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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