Contemporary Counterfeits

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Obviously, I'm not a photographer so stand on your head. Anyway, how is this for a contemporary counterfeit?

 

That looks like one of those big 3 inch things they make for kids lol

 

Then it would be a novelty not intended to pass as a dime. This piece is 17.8 mm (OK) and 2.32 grams (heavy but still in tolerance).

 

Why fake a 2000 dime though? Maybe it was supposed to go to some other country lol

 

Maybe it was faked in another country, one whose exchange rate made it worthwhile. In Zimbabwe when the US dollar was worth hundreds of millions of Z$, maybe it would be worth making fake dimes? And after they stopped making Z$ and started using US $ and SA rands they had a severe shortage of small change. Fake US coins would fill that void.

I don't really believe that is why this exists, just a possibility thrown out that could justify it.

 

My website now hosts an article on shield nickel contemporary counterfeit die marriages.

http://www.shieldnickels.net/articles/Counterfeits/ContemporaryCounterfeits.pdf

Many of the die marriages are mix and match variants of other marriages, pointing to families of these being the work of a single counterfeiter.

 

This one came in mail while I was at State Show Friday.

 

Here's mine. Nice Shilling. In hand the color is more gray then brown.

 

excellent!

 

Just one more

 

I really like these. Have you seen if your nickel is in Fletcher's guide?

 

I like the "bug eye" look to that one

 

No it is not.

 

In Fletcher

 

That is really cool. I like how off the 5 is

 

> Have you seen if your nickel is in Fletcher's guide?

Appears to be a combination of two different dies that appear in Fletcher: F#6, F#4 for the reverse. It is not uncommon to find mix and match dies with counterfeits, pointing to the work of a single counterfeiter producing them.

This one is (I think) catalogued in SNV as S1-9000. The obverse may have been slightly reworked.

 

You would be correct.

 

How does one tell a contemporary from a modern counterfeit?

 

A new contemporary counterfeit Morgan has recently been discovered... With an S mint mark!!

http://www.vamworld.com/1900-S+VAM-24