These 2 1803 half cents should fool no one!

Obvious casts, apparently by the same maker:



Modeled after the 1803 C-1:


The pair have apparent matching marks/ attribution features:



Edge is odd:



And weights 7.0 and 7.1 versus the standard of 5.44...

 

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Well, now in my hands; but you have to wonder who they fooled in the past...

 

It doesn't seem as if they put much effort into hiding the casting port. Are they contemporary or just more dog pucks from china?

 

Contemporary.

 

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