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| The Numismatist Question Book By Jeffrey G. Terry
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jdsstrat
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United States
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 Posted Yesterday 10:02 pm
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A little while ago, I bought this handmade Q and A book by 13 year old, Jeffrey G. Terry at a library book sale. As you can see, the book was signed by Terry to that legendary mentor of budding numismatists, Larry Gentile, in 1979. Believing that I had stumbled upon someone special, someone who was destined for great things in the world that he clearly loved, I poked around a little online to see what I could see. Sadly, the only thing that I could find was that Terry had passed away at his home on Long Island in 2010 at the age of 44. That was it. Surely Terry had made more of an impact than that. He wasn't just writing books about coin collecting, he was making them. At 13! At 13, he was already thinking about how to help the rest of us become better at this hobby of ours. So I thought I'd post this and give those who may have actually known him an opportunity to pay tribute. Of course, 44 is way too young to go. How much more tragic is it that his contributions to the world we all love may have died with him? Even if you didn't know Terry, I think it is entirely appropriate to pay your own kind of tribute to the young man's spirit if nothing else.
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| 1884 Dokdo From Princely State Of Kutch. I Think
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jdsstrat
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United States
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Posted Yesterday 07:19 am
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| Thank you, Hondo. Yes, I saw that one and when you look close you'll notice subtle differences of the placement of the characters - same characters, slightly different placement. I am assuming that the Numista one being from 1883 and mine from 1884 may have had something to do with that. That and the fact that they were all handmade then, even different dies for the same coin/same year might account for the subtle differences. Would you agree? |
| | Forum: World Variety and Error Coins |
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| 1884 Dokdo From Princely State Of Kutch. I Think
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jdsstrat
New Member
United States
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Posted 02/26/2025 10:29 pm
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This one took a while to track down - as I have since learned is often the case with these Princely Indian State examples - but I think I finally did: It is a dokdo from the Princely State of Kutch from the year 1884. Then, of course, the doubts started creeping in. Compared to the other 1884s that I used to identify it, this one shined. Perhaps a little too shiny? I'm not even sure if replicas of this coin were ever minted. That said, I'd love to hear from the experts in this forum if they think my Kutch coin is genuine or not.
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| | Forum: World Variety and Error Coins |
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| A Counterfeit Half Penny, A Freak From The Revolution ?
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jdsstrat
New Member
United States
41 Posts |
Posted 02/26/2025 10:36 am
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VERY light weight and thanks for links, jbuck.
Funny story about my grandfather's store: I was about 7 or 8 when he passed but I can remember being there at least once. Unbeknownst to me, he had filled his coin counting machine. But when he turned it on he told me it was MAKING money instead and of course I believed him. Unbeknownst to him (or maybe not), he had created a monster. |
| | Forum: United Kingdom (Great Britain) Coins |
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| A Counterfeit Half Penny, A Freak From The Revolution ?
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jdsstrat
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United States
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Posted 02/25/2025 10:50 pm
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My grandfather had a coin store in Westchester County, NY, back in the 1960s. I have been going through what remains of his collection and came across this George III half penny. You can see what he thought it was from the packaging in the picture below. My father came along after my grandfather passed and thought it might be counterfeit (that's his handwriting). And now it's my turn. So here it is, weighing in at about 6 grams with a diameter of roughly 26mm, which to my understanding puts this squarely in the counterfeit category. On the other hand, the raised edge and evidence of denticles to the rim (still clearly evident on a small section of the reverse) argues against counterfeit (I think). But something else about it doesn't sit right with me: the legend on the obverse reads GEORGIVS (badly faded) III D G REX, which suggests a later issue coin while the lack of a date and the way the shield leans on the reverse suggests 1st issue. Help!
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| | Forum: United Kingdom (Great Britain) Coins |
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| Contemporary Counterfeits, Cast Or Struck, This Newbie Could Use Some Help
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jdsstrat
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United States
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Posted 02/19/2025 8:31 pm
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| Agreed, Spence. Definitely NOT a mint error. Someone did this intentionally and I was wondering if there was a way to tell when. The doubleheaded half penny "Imitations" that Heritage auctioned off in 2021, for example: did they command the prices they did - the best of the lot went for near 1,000 as I remember it - do things like that sell for money like that because of when they were created? Because of how they were created? Or by whom? I'm just asking. Certainly, if they were mere novelty coins, who would pay that kind of money for them? |
| | Forum: United Kingdom (Great Britain) Coins |
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| Contemporary Counterfeits, Cast Or Struck, This Newbie Could Use Some Help
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jdsstrat
New Member
United States
41 Posts |
Posted 02/19/2025 4:55 pm
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Greetings from NYC. I am excruciatingly new to the category of contemporary counterfeits. So far I have come across an old farthing - doubleheaded and medal aligned! - and a couple of half pennies from the late 18th/early 19th centuries that would seem to be counterfeit, perhaps even contemporary counterfeit. But how can you be sure? Were contemporary counterfeits struck like the genuines or cast? Or is there something else about them to look for to determine how old (or new) a counterfeit is?
At first, I thought of the doubleheaded farthing below as a novelty item but then I saw three doubleheaded halfpennies that had been sold at a Heritage Auction in 2021 for decent money. There wasn't much of a description to them, except that they were "Imitations" as in not novelties. And when I wrote to ask if there was anything more in their files I got a very definite NO for a response.
Thanks for looking!
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| | Forum: United Kingdom (Great Britain) Coins |
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| Need Help Identifying Old Bank Note
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jdsstrat
New Member
United States
41 Posts |
Posted 02/19/2025 1:05 pm
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| Definitely floppy! I was an elementary school teacher for 33 years in NYC and used those fake documents you are referring to a lot. This is definitely NOT one of those. And, yes, I would agree, this looks a lot like those documents in your link. This is more like a blank 1-dollar check, though. As if, someone brought one of these into the bank in Emmittsburg and got one of the notes in your link out from the same bank. Or something like that. Would you agree? |
| | Forum: US Paper Money and Banknotes |
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| Need Help Identifying Old Bank Note
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jdsstrat
New Member
United States
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Posted 02/18/2025 9:42 pm
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I found this in a box of old notes that I inherited from my grandfather and thought at first that it was some kind of facsimile. Then I took it to a coin shop nearby and the gentleman told me that it wasn't. But that's all that he could tell me. I've had a LOT of luck at this forum with some of the oddball coins I've come across in the collection so I was hoping for more of the same with this note (if that is in fact what it is). Thanks in advance for the collective wisdom I hope can be brought to bear here.
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