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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 8201795, member: 101855"]I starting thinking counterfeit when I saw the toning. The Chinese copper coin counterfeits have a look to them that seems to be pretty consistent. Of course that is not a good way to say that the piece is bad, but it should set off some alarm bells when you see that type of toning. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the comment about "old corrosion," of course the thing has old corrosion because it was made on a cull large cent planchet that was corroded. The half a century difference between the date on the thing and the date of the large would not make a difference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 8201795, member: 101855"]I starting thinking counterfeit when I saw the toning. The Chinese copper coin counterfeits have a look to them that seems to be pretty consistent. Of course that is not a good way to say that the piece is bad, but it should set off some alarm bells when you see that type of toning. As for the comment about "old corrosion," of course the thing has old corrosion because it was made on a cull large cent planchet that was corroded. The half a century difference between the date on the thing and the date of the large would not make a difference.[/QUOTE]
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