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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 3885204, member: 42034&quot;]When I was a very young collector a coin dealer sent me a contemporary counterfeit Bust Half as a genuine coin from an ad probably run in Coin World or similar.&nbsp; I recall a latter date like 1836.&nbsp; The piece appeared to be struck in nearly pure <b>copper</b> which was a giveaway even to me that something wasn&#039;t quite right.&nbsp; I returned it for a refund.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as to collecting these nowadays, I&#039;d think a copper contemporary counterfeit Bust half would be an interesting item.&nbsp; Only the very inexperienced could mistake this for genuine...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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