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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 3006844, member: 93371&quot;]I was asked by a member here in another thread to post some of my certified struck counterfeit &quot;coins&quot; in this forum, so here goes...</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the first &quot;variety&quot; discovered in the fall of 2015 of these very deceptive struck fakes; we have documented 20+ to date from a 1787 Mass &quot;half cent&quot; to a couple of 1836 Gobrecht &quot;dollars&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are 9 documented examples of this 1798 &quot;S-158&quot; large cent, going back to an auction example in 2013 to a recent appearance of a raw example on eBay last month (listing was removed by eBay then).</p><p><br /></p><p>The posted images are of my two examples, both currently in genuine PCGS holders.</p><p><br /></p><p>Much research has been done on these over the past couple of years, and for those interested my research article and all the details about this variety can be found on Coin Week at: </p><p><a href="https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coin-week-interesting-1798-s-158-large-cent-1-page-attribution-guide/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coin-week-interesting-1798-s-158-large-cent-1-page-attribution-guide/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coin-week-interesting-1798-s-158-large-cent-1-page-attribution-guide/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Jack</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]745167[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]745166[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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