Another bad coin in a good holder; latest eBay 1806 half cent.

I have actually written 4 published articles on this group of deceptive fakes going back to the 1st we saw back in 2015. The following image is from my 2nd (updated) EAC Penny-Wise article when I found there were actually 2 die states for the counterfeit/ false dies.

In this article I noted 14 different documented example with 6 being in genuine TPG holders.

And now there are 16 thanks to eBay this month...

The 1st is raw and purchased from a seller who collects Chinese coins. I explained it is counterfeit after he accepted my offer. He later told me he got it from a "cleaning lady" who cleaned out the basement of a coin shop in Boston that had gone out of business. I circled 4 main reverse atts for these in the image:



This made 6 in my collection alone.

But wait, there's more!

A week later this one shows up:



Yes, seller ended after our discussion. We negotiated a price and it should be in-hand tomorrow. It is the nicest of any in my collection but counterfeit all the same. And the 2nd die state where they tried to repair the cut in the die over "A".




The TPG was notified and the on-line cert amended; the original owner Dealer from whatnot was also informed. And I have written now my 5th article on these.

These just seem to be the gift that keeps on giving...



Best, Jack.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Nice write up. My question is how do these keep getting past NGC, since you notified them or are these also sometimes fake holders? I figure a combination of both.

 

Great question @mark_h ! All I have shown are genuine holders attributed as genuine. They originally got through because they are that good until you put them together as we have done. This latest one is a mystery, as my contact at the TPG stated it is recent. And the Dealer is well known...

 

I was busy checking out the reverse on the 1806 I just bought a few weeks back, from another well known dealer just to make sure. Glad we have people like you around.