Most pointless fake ever or something else?

Hello again after 15 years.

I have this strange SBA in my collection. Annoyingly, I can't even remember how it got there, I bought some lots of coins about 5 years ago and I think it might have shown up in there.

It appears to be a close copy of a SBA, but the art is just slightly different. It is medal turn instead of coin turn. There is no "one dollar" on the reverse. It is clad, which I find odd if it was just a simple copy. Weight is a little heavy at 8.67 grams.

I just can't wrap my head around why someone would create this, it is very well done. Someone spent a lot of money to make this.

It seems so ridiculous to make this I have to entertain the possibility that this could be a pattern, of which I can find no record of. But even so, it should still have "one dollar" on it.

Thoughts? Possible arcade token?

Sorry for the slightly blurry photos.

 

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https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1013340/counterfeit-susan-b-anthony-dollars

http://www.smalldollars.com/dollar/add014.html

 

That is weird.

And welcome back!

 

Welcome back!
I echo the thoughts of this being weird.
The counterfeits linked by @Mr. Numismatist look more crude and intended to circulate. The example posted here has a proof (prooflike) look and is missing the "One Dollar" inscription like the OP mentioned.

My first thought was a private mint like Gallery Mint or Dan Carr but I don't believe either made something like this.

 

Those counterfeits posted are low effort casts. Someone spent a lot of money to engrave these dies and get clad blanks. Additionally someone who went through all that effort would have presumably made a lot of these, so its strange we have not seen these before.

Yes, the fields are nearly proof like.

 

I posted this thread on the PCGS forums as well in case someone there knows:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1119322/fake-susan-b-anthony-dollar-or-something-else/p1

 

Always looking for contemporary counterfeit coins. No Henning yet