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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3697768, member: 101855&quot;]Note how the denticles on the left side go down to a smaller size and are uneven. No genuine coin would look like that.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]991009[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think that this piece is fairly modern. It might even be a badly made Chinese counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a contemporary counterfeit of an 1837 half dollar. This piece, along with many more, were illustrated in Don Taxy&#039;s book <u>Counterfeit, Mis-struck and Unoffical U.S. Coins</u> which was published in 1963. The counterfeiter missed the memo that the mint was putting reeded edges on its half dollars in 1837. This &quot;rare item&quot; has a lettered edge! The piece is made of German silver. (e.g. copper, nickel, zinc)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]991011[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]991012[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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