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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 8273188, member: 93371&quot;]Researching my TPG authenticated fake 1723 Rosa Americana Penny lead me to Peter Rosa&#039;s &quot;die linked&quot; replicas and to his nephew/ apprentice Charles Doyle&#039;s current offerings.</p><p><br /></p><p>In his listings for sale is this &quot;1852 large cent&quot;, which I purchased for continued research.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460388[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I posted in one of my FB Groups and was asked if it was one of the &quot;Bay Area&quot; counterfeits; my 1st impression was NO, but before I answered I started down a new research path...</p><p><br /></p><p>I have always had an interest in &quot;BAC&#039;s&quot; but had little information until I began to dig in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Going back through some older Early American Copper&#039;s Penny-Wise I found a couple of references there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gene Anderson&#039;s March 2004 article discussed these and created the list of known examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460389[/ATTACH]</p><p>In it he also references John Wright&#039;s 1982 article on a bad 1852 large cent where John describes the issues with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460390[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And comparing his image and description to the one I just added to my collection one can see they appear to be &quot;struck from the same dies&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1460391[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure of any connection between Rosa and these counterfeits- interested in any information that may shed some light on this!</p><p><br /></p><p>More info on Peter Rosa on Charles Doyle&#039;s site @ <a href="https://coinreplicas.com/about/peter-rosa-biography/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinreplicas.com/about/peter-rosa-biography/" rel="nofollow">https://coinreplicas.com/about/peter-rosa-biography/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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