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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shortgapbob, post: 255360, member: 6088&quot;]I must admit, it has been great working in the ANA&#039;s collection this summer.&nbsp; The past few days, we have been cleaning up parts of the collection, including the counterfeit collection.&nbsp; The ANA has these counterfeits for educational purposes, as well as to take them off of the market.&nbsp; I have seen a wide variety of counterfeits including the 1909-S VDB, 1914-D Lincolns, Trade Dollars, Buffalos with added mintmarks, Bust Dollars, and many more. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There was a 1916-S Bufalo in an old ANA Official Grading Service Holder that was later proven to be an masterfully added mintmark.&nbsp; There was also an ultra-grade (65/66) 1926-S that was an added mintmark.&nbsp; The first giveaway on the 1926-S was that it was a crisp, strong strike, something that date just doesn&#039;t have......unless its a Philly coin with an added S. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The most interesting thing I saw, was a complete type set of mostly contemporary counterfeit coins, including many coins one normally doesn&#039;t see counterfeited.&nbsp; I saw fake 3 cent silvers, fake Franklins, fake Walkers, fake common Indian cents, fake Busties, and more.&nbsp; There was a contemporary counterfeit of a 1921 Philly Lincoln Wheat Cent....I can honestly saw I had never seen that coin faked before.&nbsp;&nbsp; I even saw an amazing electrotype of an 1804 cent that had all of the proper alignment of the obverse and reverse.......just a nice seam along the edge. :rolling: </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have learned a ton about counterfeit and altered coins just by looking at this incredible collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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