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<p>[QUOTE="TheMont, post: 2461393, member: 80121"]Both Dimedude2 and imrich, I surrender. You've both convinced me to buy a certified 1916-D Mercury dime instead of a raw one if I find one I can afford. I have the album of Mercury Dimes, but it's not a series I'm really into, as a result, I had no idea how many of them were counterfeited.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to the both of you I have learned something new, I guess the old saying "you're[ATTACH=full]516099[/ATTACH] never to old a coin collector to learn something new" is true.</p><p><br /></p><p>I maintain the coin club I belong to collection of counterfeit coins as an educational tool for our members, I'm adding a few to the end of this post. I'm just posting scans not photos, just because I'm lazy. Notice how the "Silver Eagle" is to big for the blank it's minted on. None of them react to a magnet. The fake $5 Indian Head is zinc and copper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheMont, post: 2461393, member: 80121"]Both Dimedude2 and imrich, I surrender. You've both convinced me to buy a certified 1916-D Mercury dime instead of a raw one if I find one I can afford. I have the album of Mercury Dimes, but it's not a series I'm really into, as a result, I had no idea how many of them were counterfeited. Thanks to the both of you I have learned something new, I guess the old saying "you're[ATTACH=full]516099[/ATTACH] never to old a coin collector to learn something new" is true. I maintain the coin club I belong to collection of counterfeit coins as an educational tool for our members, I'm adding a few to the end of this post. I'm just posting scans not photos, just because I'm lazy. Notice how the "Silver Eagle" is to big for the blank it's minted on. None of them react to a magnet. The fake $5 Indian Head is zinc and copper.[/QUOTE]
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