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THALER :NICK
In , on 02/19/2009
at 05:59 PM, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com said: Bust halves, seated halves, Barber halves, walkers, even the occasional nickel or dime have been counterfeited. The 1943 "plain" nickel comes to mind. Some of it is done to deceive, some of it is done to see if it can be done, and some of it is done because hands are idle. There are many historic coins that have been purposely faked in lower grades, to make them less susceptible to suspicion. Good enough reason? To me and most others (1-2 notable exceptions ... "here") there is a large difference between contemporary counterfeits, meant to circulate during their time of issue, and modern creations meant to deceive the collector. I happen to possess many bogus bust halves. I collect them, to the chagrin of some (one? . There is a substantial market for these, even with the constant discussion of their legalities. I can assure you that all of them were made 100+ years ago to actually circulate. Which many obviously did simply based on the amount of wear that is common. These pieces are harmless to the inexperienced collector ... many are worth more as fakes than a genuine piece would net. Many of mine are so worn as not to be collectable as genuine. They are an interesting lot, however. While it might not have made much sense to create WL halves to try and fool collectors, manufacture enough of them to circulate and you might turn a profit. It does still seem odd, but folks are counterfeiting the UK's pound coin today, apparently. Nick |
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