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<p>[QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 7395525, member: 93371"]This is a good time to show my process for identifying counterfeits; the process starts with identifying the variety and includes looking for similar examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286734[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, from the "discovery" example we found several more on the same internet venue with the same diagnostics, but the alarming part was they also had the same circulation (we call them "sister marks") marks, which just shouldn't be...</p><p><br /></p><p>The diagnostics can be seen in my 1-page attribution including the matching corrosion "crater" on the bust:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286735[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>And we found the possible repaired source coin at the top of the "family":</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1286738[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My Coin Week article can be found at: <a href="https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coin-week-interesting-1798-s-158-large-cent-1-page-attribution-guide/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coin-week-interesting-1798-s-158-large-cent-1-page-attribution-guide/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coin-week-interesting-1798-s-158-large-cent-1-page-attribution-guide/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Best, Jack[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 7395525, member: 93371"]This is a good time to show my process for identifying counterfeits; the process starts with identifying the variety and includes looking for similar examples: [ATTACH=full]1286734[/ATTACH] So, from the "discovery" example we found several more on the same internet venue with the same diagnostics, but the alarming part was they also had the same circulation (we call them "sister marks") marks, which just shouldn't be... The diagnostics can be seen in my 1-page attribution including the matching corrosion "crater" on the bust: [ATTACH=full]1286735[/ATTACH] And we found the possible repaired source coin at the top of the "family": [ATTACH=full]1286738[/ATTACH] My Coin Week article can be found at: [URL]https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coin-week-interesting-1798-s-158-large-cent-1-page-attribution-guide/[/URL] Best, Jack[/QUOTE]
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