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SOMETHING caught my eye whilst glancing at my small change one evening at the end of May this year (2005). My first thoughts were - ah! a possible mint error. I put the coin aside for a time and went about finishing my present task, and then retrieved my trusty 10x magnifying glass. My expectations at finding a true error (and thus something of additional collectible value) were quickly dashed when I saw the rather crude and blundered object enlarged before my eye. This is a very dangerous forgery of a normal $2 coin. Dangerous because it is sufficiently close enough to the original to pass as normal, yet very easy to detect when examined with more than a cursory glance (which is about all most of us apply to our change, especially non-collectors). Why is this coin thought to be a forgery? |
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"Dud dollars" - James Carleton |
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