Common fake coins

Hi, by my title I mean common coins that have been faked, not common fake coins. I'm asking because I get a lot of job lots of coins from auctions, pick out some nice ones & ebay whats left.Sometimes I think, wow, thats nice, only to find out its not real. Got a lot lately, & in it were some nice looking coins, including a 1914 5 mark Friedrich/Marie, but it was fake. I can understand faking a coin which may be worth £10/20 £50 or more, but I also found a Canada 1889 25 cent coin, looked nice but only 4.8 grams, if real not worth a great deal, so why bother faking that?
Actually, just looked on the bay, those quarters may be worth more than I thought.

Hello,

Perhaps you want to post some pictures of these coins?

If you have a low-value coin that seems fake, perhaps it is a contemporary counterfeit.

Thanks for the reply, I'll try putting some pictures on tomorrow. It seems they will fake anything these days, whenever I come across a coin I cant find on here, I google the details & usually it comes up, and aliexpress or similar have them for sale.

These are the coins I got recently, not the usual knock offs you come across.

Thanks for the images, I can safely confirm the 1912 Russian coin, the 1914 Anhalt coin, the Italian coin and the Bavarian coin are definitely 100% fakes, no question about it; the Soviet one I'm 95% sure is fake, given the context in which you found it (with a bunch of other fakes).

The Canadian 25 Cents does seem fake, not even silver; but it doesn't seem like a contemporary counterfeit either... in general smaller coins are less usually targeted by modern forgers but I've seen fake British half crowns and Hong Kong 20 cent coins, so I wouldn't be surprised if yours just turns out to be a modern fake. I can't imagine why someone would go to the trouble of forging such a low value coin with little return on their effort though....

Цитата: "trickyd"
​These are the coins I got recently, not the usual knock offs you come across.

​The Canadian 25 Cent is definitely a Chinese counterfeit produced by the HK Replica Coin Co. It displays all 4 reverse markers.

1. Bow end is too short.
2. Missing stem to Leaf R-1
3. Closed "C" in CENTS
4. Thick date digits (base of "1" weighted to the left).

I don't know if there are any online guides for fake detection but, my 2015 Charlton Catalogue has a whole chapter on 25 and 50 Cent fakes.

Why fake this? I would grade this as an EF (AU?) Closed 9 variety which by 2015 prices would be approximately $3,000 Cdn.

Thanks for the input. I realised after I first posted that the 25c would be quite valuable , if genuine. They came in a large lot of unsorted coins, so didn't pay a huge lot so not cost me much.Nice looking coins though.

You'll notice that some legends, including that of the 1889 25 cents, have a rough surface. This is because the more prominent details on the coin are, of course, incused on the die, and therefore difficult to polish on a fake die produced from a real coin. This doesn't happen with a die that was engraved.

Just acquired about 50 chinese forgeries (with a 1804 1 US$, worth a couple of millions...)
A nice asset to my collection!

This seems to be a more famous Common fake. (counterfeit)
I pulled this out of a collection about 10 years ago.

This 1944 (no "P") Nickel was made in about 1954 by Francis Henning.

Here is an article about Henning Nickels. http://www.error-ref.com/henning-counterfeit-nickel/

Цитата: "Peter M. Graham"​

Цитата: "trickyd"
​​These are the coins I got recently, not the usual knock offs you come across.

​​The Canadian 25 Cent is definitely a Chinese counterfeit produced by the HK Replica Coin Co. It displays all 4 reverse markers.
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​1. Bow end is too short.
​2. Missing stem to Leaf R-1
​3. Closed "C" in CENTS
​4. Thick date digits (base of "1" weighted to the left).
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​I don't know if there are any online guides for fake detection but, my 2015 Charlton Catalogue has a whole chapter on 25 and 50 Cent fakes.
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​Why fake this? I would grade this as an EF (AU?) Closed 9 variety which by 2015 prices would be approximately $3,000 Cdn.
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Now THAT is what I'd call a quality reply. Well done my friend - take a well deserved round of applause.​