The $2250 fake

[wwwww]

Anyone else notice the $2250 fake in the latest CAB magazine?

[markn]

Anyone else notice the $2250 fake in the latest CAB magazine?

Hi Walter,

I guess you're talking about the 1922/1 overdate 3d in the letters section.  It certainly looks like a shocking coin.  What makes it a fake?  Not doubting what you're seeing I just don't know what the indicators are.

Mark

[purplepennyhunter]

It does look awfully corroded and blackened. Could anyone really say from that image if it were genuine or not?

[wwwww]

The date letters are far too thin, the 2/1 is incorrectly shaped, the date is mis-aligned, it's a modern copy, most likely of Chinese origins. Here's a photo of it for anyone without a copy.



Here's a real one for comparison:

[markn]

Thanks Walter! Anyone have a picture of a real overdate we can use so the two can be shown side by side?

[Mister T]

I thought it was a fake straight away because the 1 in the overdate looked too thin. I was surprised the letter didn't mention it.
Some pictures of the real deal are here: http://triton.vg/T22.html

[purplepennyhunter]

The lettering all over is too thin. I assumed that was a product of the corrosion.

[markn]

Thanks Walter. :thank_you:

[wwwww]

Here's another one from the same production line that sold on eBay last year:




PDF of eBay Listing

[purplepennyhunter]

Yes and this one.
Forgery

[wwwww]

On 2nd thought the shape of the 9 is slightly different so maybe they're from different sources, the flat top of the 2 is similar in both of the fakes though.

[dcoin]

That one in the CAB magazine struck me as a fake, the letters in the date aren't big/wide enough. That one you have pictured in this thread Walter is a shocker, I don't collect overdates so I don't know exactly how I can tell it is fake other than to say the whole thing looks awful (spark erosion???).

[chookcity]

Makes my old mate Steele look a bit silly. Lol. :dodgy:

[Australian coin]

I know how to tell the difference, but the second pic you provided was also not real.
The one in the triton link is real

[wwwww]

I know how to tell the difference, but the second pic you provided was also not real.
The one in the triton link is real

No it's real, the picture is from PCGS's secure plus photo (which is notoriously shallow), the roo appears to be missing his private parts (a characteristic of genuine overdates) but it's definitely there. I will get another photo shortly.


Here's another photo which clearly shows the part.