In my previous Coin Week article on these I cited the actual genuine source coin to create the dies for the fakes; the example has a couple of key “attribution” defects that should be unique only to this example, but were transferred into the false dies: The article can be viewed at https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/struck-counterfeit-coins-a-family-of-struck-fake-large-cents/ I show several counterfeit examples of various dates attributed to this source die pairing including a friend’s “1824”; dies were created, and dates added to create the “family” of fakes: They also created counterfeit off-center errors based on the same N-5! My example: Mine was almost sold at a major coin show but was caught in time and forwarded to me! There was a “higher grade” example offered for sale by a major internet seller but was ended after being notified… I highlighted a couple of common marks between the two: I did make an error in the article showing my 1827!!! As serious students/ collectors of the series know the 1833 N-5 and 1833 N-3 obverses and reverses look much alike, and I made a rookie mistake, as the obverse has the fake 1833 N-5 divot, but the reverse is from an 1833 N-3: Comparison image of the 1833 N-5 reverse of the genuine source coin on the left and a counterfeit 1833 N-3 reverse on the right show the differences: And to make things even worse, they are also mixing and matching the dies, as they created this off-center error version dated 1827 as well but with the N-5 reverse… So, the counterfeiters are creating new die pairs, maybe to make this all the more difficult for collectors to discern “live or Memorex”! A recent 1826 large cent’s authenticity was just questioned in a post here (thanks @Steven Shaw) and it also appears to match the N-5/ N-3 counterfeit die pairing: These continue to get better and more deceptive to folks not well versed in the series! I actually added a couple examples to my collection recently including this “1833 N-5”: I reached my image limit- more to follow in comments!
And this not ready for prime-time example of 1824; should be pretty easy based on this review to state what’s wrong with this picture!: And it is still a Jungle Out There… Best, Jack Note, this thread also features a recent 1833 N-5 counterfeit! https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-if-anything-is-wrong-with-this-picture-1832-large-cent.399178/
Coin Week article: https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/t...SPv48X0T5rmC-1vmXwdGODy_OpXhkt112IVHgtnZLzyJc