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1793 S-6 Smith Counterfeit

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD
1793 S-6 Smith Counterfeit
<Our item number 136173><B>1793 S-6 &#34;Smith Counterfeit&#34;. Fine-12.</B> Glossy chocolate brown. The host coin was a normal S-6 with smooth surfaces worn down to a grade of Fair-2 or About Good-3 before the obverse was very skillfully engraved into another 1793 Wreath Cent design. The engraving was done with remarkable skill and it is easy to imagine an unsophisticated collector being fooled into believing this is a genuine mint product. The &#34;new&#34; obverse grades Fine-12 and offers excellent eye appeal. A strong nick on the border left of the L in LIBERTY and a mint-made planchet fissure slanting through the bust tip are the only significant defects. <BR><BR>Electrotype Copies and Smith Counterfeits in the Naftzger Collection. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,200 - 1,500. <I><BR>Ex F. C. C. Boyd &#40;with his envelope&#41;-Jon Hanson 12/1973-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 136173<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/48jpegs/136173.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/48jpegs/136173N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>