Re: WTF?

[Jud]

On Jul 5, 10:52 am, HeeHawkeye <vacationlandb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Check the seller's other auctions. Making repllicas of common date
> wheats?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160442022993

Here is your chance to fill in some of those pesky holes in your
collection! He has over 1,000 replica coins listed, but to his credit,
they DO state "COPY". Hard to go wrong at $2 each, free shipping.
Think I will pass though.

[oly]

On Jul 5, 8:52 am, HeeHawkeye <vacationlandb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Check the seller's other auctions. Making repllicas of common date
> wheats?
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160442022993

Obviously, two dollars has a lot more meaning to a Chinese businessman
or workman than to most RCC denizens.

Note the prominent "VDB" on the back of the 1952. He doesn't have so
many dies (or knowledge) that he isn't above making impossible mules.

Still, somebody has to have a moderate investment in dies and probably
machinery too.

oly

[Slime Lowlife]

In article
<1c917697-5637-49d8...@d37g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
HeeHawkeye <vacation...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jul 5, 3:32 pm, oly <oly2...@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > Note the prominent "VDB" on the back of the 1952.  He doesn't have so
> > many dies (or knowledge) that he isn't above making impossible mules.
> >
> > Still, somebody has to have a moderate investment in dies and probably
> > machinery too.
> >
> > oly
>

> A few years ago I mentioned to a coin dealer that Chinese fakes of key
> date Lincolns was probable and a big problem to novice collectors who
> could get rooked in the secondary markets. He brushed it off as
> tinfoil hat worries. Is there a chance any of these knock-offs could
> get past the coin sorting machines if they were placed into general
> circulation?
>
Sure; if they're the right diameter, & are within weight tolerances
(pretty wide, with valid weights of 2.5 & 3.11g) I'll bet that they go
through with no problem. They may even be made out of a mostly-copper
alloy. About the only possible snag is if they're copper-plated steel,
which would get caught on any magnet in a vending machine or counter.
And in places near the Canadian border even that might not be a
problem.

My thought is that these pieces may be "practice" items for someone who
wants to get the techniques & look down before moving on to cranking
out the '14-Ds. I'd imagine that the experience & mistakes made in
manufacturing otherwise nondescript '52s would come in handy when
moving on to the better stuff.