What keeps you up at night? This is one for me, one of the highly deceptive counterfeits...

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  1. Jack D. Young

    Jack D. Young Well-Known Member

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    Repeat seller; pulled it 3 years ago for "review"...

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    Best, Jack.
     
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  3. Silverpop

    Silverpop Well-Known Member

    :rolleyes:
     
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  4. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    Counterfeit coin master detective Jack, thank you!
     
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  5. David Betts

    David Betts Elle Mae Clampett cruising with Dad

    ? I thought a certified PCGS shop couldn't knowingly sell a stolen or counterfeit?
     
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  6. Jack D. Young

    Jack D. Young Well-Known Member

    I sent him a note; he hasn't responded yet...
     
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  7. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    Here is fixed up picture of it, which shows more of its sins.

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    Here is a genuine example in EF-45 from PCGS Coin Facts.

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  8. Jack D. Young

    Jack D. Young Well-Known Member

    And the genuine source example:

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  9. Jack D. Young

    Jack D. Young Well-Known Member

    After my message to him he adjusted the images and starting price but no direct response...

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    Coincidence? I think not:D...
     
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  10. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    What about the “hole” between “UNITED” and “STATES”?

    Is that really the source coin?
     
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  11. Cheech9712

    Cheech9712 Every thing is a guess

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  12. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    I'll see it Now, Before and after..... hammer.gif :D
     
    SensibleSal66, Aug 29, 2023
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  13. Jack D. Young

    Jack D. Young Well-Known Member

    They did try to touch up spots in the die after made; here is a higher resolution image of one of mine. I refer to this state with the "cut" in the "A" as the 1st die state of the fakes...

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