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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 8535030, member: 93371&quot;]I have written several articles about “families” of counterfeits where the obverse die is from a known variety with different dates and the reverse a known variety as well. Initially the source coin variety could be identified and many times the actual coin found through common markers.</p><p><br /></p><p>From there the counterfeits seen have progressed to examples with the same obverse “variety” but a different but still identifiable reverse…</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of half cents one of my articles documented a family of middle date fakes: <a href="https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coins-another-all-in-the-family-half-cent-1835-1826/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coins-another-all-in-the-family-half-cent-1835-1826/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coins-another-all-in-the-family-half-cent-1835-1826/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>These were based on an 1835 obverse and an 1826 C-1 reverse and readily identifiable as fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>This latest example appears to be an 1828 C-1 obverse from the star positions. The reverse looks to be from an 1835 C-2, possibly. Comparing this to the known varieties for the date results in no obverse match (only one obverse for the date):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1507973[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1507974[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1507975[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The counterfeiters continue to switch things up, making it harder to label a group as fake; again in my opinion taking the time to attribute an example before you pull the “buy” trigger is always the safest 1st step!</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: I added a reverse comparison to an 1835 C-2:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1507977[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Are these deceptive? I call them intermediate counterfeits and certainly deceptive to some; this one had 17 bids at 2 hours left before being removed…</p><p><br /></p><p>Best, Jack.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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