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Message:: [QUOTE="Jack D. Young, post: 24640540, member: 93371"]I am working on a concept for articles on some of the less deceptive raw fakes currently seen on the internet selling venues. The 1st one with that in mind is this counterfeit 1795 dollar… [ATTACH=full]1567912[/ATTACH] The recent one was listed on the Bay and was gaining traction before it went poof: [ATTACH=full]1567913[/ATTACH] I posted it in one of my FB Groups for attribution help and was quickly told the source was a 1795 BB-27, commonest variety of the date. [ATTACH=full]1567914[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1567915[/ATTACH] Reviewing images of the subject coin I noted some marks for comparison to others I had archived: [ATTACH=full]1567916[/ATTACH] And going through my saved images yielded these three with matching marks: [ATTACH=full]1567917[/ATTACH] And the kicker (there is always a kicker!) is the one on the right is dated 1794 and in a fake PCGS holder! [ATTACH=full]1567918[/ATTACH] And the twist! A little more searching yielded this one with the matching reverse marks: [ATTACH=full]1567919[/ATTACH] And for a whole lot less than the $510.00 bid on the Bay example! [ATTACH=full]1567920[/ATTACH] I understand they can be purchased without the pesky “COPY” stamp… Best Jack.[/QUOTE]