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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2416932, member: 24314"]Thanks for the link and the suggestion to look up the "Omega" C/F's.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, the Internet stories are incomplete and far from the actual story! One site mentions a "story" about one of the coins being slabbed as a genuine. That may be true; however, both the $3 and $20 were detected and named at ANACS in DC a decade before slabs were around! Additionally, there are no "bubbles" on these coins as one site claimed. Both coins are struck counterfeits.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I remember, the High Relief fake first turned up around the time of the ANA convention in DC. The $3 was found later at ANACS. I have several articles and columns in my C/F files explaining the entire history of these coins and how they got their name. Michael Fazzari discovered them and the Director of ANACS (Charles Hoskins) named them. I will look for the articles and post more this week. Presently I own two of the twenty's and one $3. I sold another $20 for $300 over the price of a genuine $20 Saint decades ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW...These coins were the best fakes around in the 70's; however, they are no longer considered very good counterfeits as their luster and color is "off."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2416932, member: 24314"]Thanks for the link and the suggestion to look up the "Omega" C/F's. Unfortunately, the Internet stories are incomplete and far from the actual story! One site mentions a "story" about one of the coins being slabbed as a genuine. That may be true; however, both the $3 and $20 were detected and named at ANACS in DC a decade before slabs were around! Additionally, there are no "bubbles" on these coins as one site claimed. Both coins are struck counterfeits. If I remember, the High Relief fake first turned up around the time of the ANA convention in DC. The $3 was found later at ANACS. I have several articles and columns in my C/F files explaining the entire history of these coins and how they got their name. Michael Fazzari discovered them and the Director of ANACS (Charles Hoskins) named them. I will look for the articles and post more this week. Presently I own two of the twenty's and one $3. I sold another $20 for $300 over the price of a genuine $20 Saint decades ago. BTW...These coins were the best fakes around in the 70's; however, they are no longer considered very good counterfeits as their luster and color is "off."[/QUOTE]
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