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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 24598457, member: 93371&quot;]It has been 3 years since I wrote my Coin Week article on a family of fakes based on an 1835 type obverse and 1826 C-1 reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://coinweek.com/struck-counterfeit-coins-another-all-in-the-family-half-cent-1835-1826/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/struck-counterfeit-coins-another-all-in-the-family-half-cent-1835-1826/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/struck-counterfeit-coins-another-all-in-the-family-half-cent-1835-1826/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Since then it appears the counterfeiters have improved at least the 1811…</p><p><br /></p><p>The double edged sword we talk about is the line between notifying the Hobby/ Collectors and advising the counterfeiters- a main reason I do NOT discuss physical properties of the “coins” in my articles and take some care in several of the public forums I participate in.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my article I did show 2 major “tells” seen on every different dated example I showed, the obverse “gash” and reverse “zipper”:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1562688[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>An “1811” from my original article research (images from Bay listings); the green circle is a die indicator of a genuine 1826 C-1 reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1562689[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And now the “new” version:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1562690[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse is new and no longer matches the original “family” members:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1562691[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, it doesn’t exactly match either known 1811 half cent variety either, but certainly closer:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1562692[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And the reverse is still the 1826 C-1, but without the “zipper”:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1562693[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I consider these to be mid-level deceptive fakes, but they are closing the gap; IMHO ATTRIBUTION continues to be the key to flushing these out, or these will continue to fool some dealers and collectors alike and be sold!</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller actually ended his auction through our conversations, and I negotiated a price to add to my research set. Part of our discussion is captured in this:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1562694[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Best, Jack.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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