Suspect Certified 1882 GB Shilling

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I notified a contact at PCGS and the cert was removed; that was quick...

 

PCGS contacted me about returning it to them under their guarantee; it is a welcomed addition to my Dark Side Collection...

 

Is there a light side collectionThe only counterfeit coins I own are the very few henning nickels from CRH.

 

I have several myself @potty dollar 1878 !

 

Coin Week published my article on this one @ https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/f...pykGzmNcSdTgv6XnkOnZXz5s1OSN4EaDOYi40LH2mpYVs

 

Jack at our back..........

 

This is fun- the Coin Show podcast featured the article in episode #195 (20:55 in).

 

Received my 2nd example from the German Coin Shop just last week:

 

I looked back through this and I noticed another feature on the counterfeits. The decoration below SHILLING on the genuine can be described as two arrows pointing an a ball between them and the points of the arrowheads are clearly separated from the ball. On the counterfeits the "arrowheads" are basically just blobs and they are solidly connected to the ball by a "bar". Look at the images posted in the 1st and 9th posts showing the counterfeit next to a genuine coin. The 1863 shows the same problem with the decoration as well.

The problem with the decoration can also be seen clearly in the post just above this one.

 

Cool observation @Conder101 !