Check out this poor excuse for a Counterfeit coin!!!

Hey Coin Talk Folks,

I thought you would get a kick out of seeing this poor excuse of a Counterfeit Seated Liberty Half Dollar! I think that the Counterfeiter that produced this fake coin, should quit while they are ahead!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Seated-Liberty-...ryZ11970QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Frank

 

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They didn't even bother to grind down the seam along the edge after it was cast in a homemade cast. Looks like solder.
Guy~

 

What a DOG. Reported.

 

Ancient?? Ancient? How old is ancient considered these days?

Phoenix

 

*shakes head and walks away*

Tsk tsk tsk...they can do better than that right??? :headbang:

 

They say they don't know the date, but I do. That coin was made in 2008.

So "ancient" is only a few months. :rolling:

 

Possibly dug up. And damaged while being removed from the ground. IDK

 

Contemporary counterfeit intended to circulate. Probably passed with a group of coins and in poorly lit areas. This was not intended to fool collectors, mor like a slug you might slip into a roll and deposit. Still very poor quality, but I have seen worse.

 

I've been looking for that coin I swallowed

 

I don't see anything seriously wrong with it. :kewl: It has 13 stars, a Seated Liberty, a Eagle and it says Half Dol on it. I'm wondering if this is a contemporary counterfeit made by Southern Soldiers during the Civil War? I've heard of them melting down various metals and making cast copies from the mix and with the look this one has, it's seriously crude like it was made with the simpliest methods, like the soldiers would have had available.

I'd think Hobo would like this one to add to his black shelf collection. :thumb:

Ribbit

Ps: I might get it and give it to a friend that likes stuff like this.

 

Looks like it could be yours unless a bidding war breaks out!

 

Did you see what happened with that 1947 Morgan?

Ribbit

 

Frank:
Actually, I believe it to be a contemporary fake.
I have a sister to that piece, in the form of a Seated Quarter.

they are very collectible.

 

Speaking of counterfeits, did you read the article in Coin World about the Chinese counterfeiter?
VERY scary.
He's producing fakes that take an expert to identify AND is working to make them better.

I may have to go back to my stamps.

 

yup, read it, and he was crying about the guy who ripped HIM off! Funny.

 

Here are better pics of the OP coin. I do believe it's a contemporary counterfeit and was meant to pass as currency and was never meant to fool collectors and I also believe it was made during the Civil War by southern soldiers.

Ribbit

Ps: I want to know who bid against me? :goof:

Pps: It weighs 9.4 grams, is solid whatever metal it is, and does not have that silver ring to it.

 

simple solution. don't buy anything from e-bay and coin dealers. they are the same dogs. they gonna cheat you. buy directly from the u.s. mint. only u.s. mint.

 

I bought it as a counterfeit so I wasn't cheated. I'm tickled to death with it! I think Hobo understands why I'm happy with it.

These are hard to find so it will make a great Christmas prezzie for a friend of mine that has a blob of partially melted coins and other metal things, found in a known Civil War camp. We've always thought they were mixing various metals with real silver coins to make counterfeits but never had a counterfeit to put a face to the blob. Now we have one that may have been made by the same peeps that were melting the group of coins. Here's a pic of the blob:




Ribbit

 

that is very unique. unlimited pricing.

 

wow, reeded edge. strange that whoever it was took the time to even get that right. : )

I have a seated Liberty Dime 1842 that weighs in at 1.92 Grams. Fake as Pam Anders..... nevermind.