Grading scale for fakes

[Zoins]

To make looking at fakes more interesting, should we create a grading scale for fakes? FK01 - FK70? FK69 can be an Omega counterfeit and a FK70 can be an Omega without the Omega symbol. 60-70 can be microscope only. Something that is very good but can be seen with the naked eye, like the Die Hard dollar can be a FK58. FK01 should be super easy to spot.

[Dcoin]

The main offices of your new TPG should be located in China.

 

Got to follow the demand!

[bsshog40]

Does mine count as a first entry and as an FK01?

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[123cents]

Does mine count as a first entry and as an FK01?

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I think so.

[bsshog40]

yea!!!

[James_OldeTowne]

To make looking at fakes more interesting, should we create a grading scale for fakes? FK01 - FK70? FK69 can be an Omega counterfeit and a FK70 can be an Omega without the Omega symbol. 60-70 can be microscope only. Something that is very good but can be seen with the naked eye, like the Die Hard dollar can be a FK58. FK01 should be super easy to spot.

 

 

I like it!

[AegisIII]

I think that often then the lower grade fakes/counterfeits are the more interesting ones. Consider this contemporary counterfeit bust half. By your scale it can't be much higher than a FK-04, and that is in part what gives it its coolness. Plus, it has a mirror letter on the edge.

[WoodenJefferson]

Already have a "slab" in mind.

[123cents]

Thanks for posting the fake bust half EJS. That's the first one I have seen. The numbers in the date are wild looking.

[cpm9ball]

Already have a "slab" in mind.

 

I think it should be shaped like a toilet bowl, and you can leave the lid up if you want.

 

Chris

[physics-fan3.14]

That is a great idea. I like it.

[Houston Investor]

Would FK 70 mods trade at a significant premium vs FK 69?

[zrlevin]

How would a grader distinguish a fake 70 from the real thing? Isn't a 70 a perfect counterfeit?

[bsshog40]

How would a grader distinguish a fake 70 from the real thing? Isn't a 70 a perfect counterfeit?

Oh yea, the ultimate fake!! Who would know???

[zrlevin]

So there would be no such thing as a FK70, because a 70 would mean that it was the real thing. The nature of the scale implies that all coins graded on it are fake.

 

Does anyone follow my logic or do I need more sleep?

[Zoins]

A FK70 would be like a pedigree, you only know it by tracing its history!

[WoodenJefferson]

Would FK 70 mods trade at a significant premium vs FK 69?

First Fake™ Ooooooh Nooooooo!

[Conder101]

I think that 1830 bogus bustie is a higher grade than you have given it credit for. Many of those were made so as to look well worn. So you have to be careful when assigning a grade. I think that coin has seen some actual circulation and except for the X scratched in it is probably around an XF grade wise, even though it started life with the detail of a VF coin. (Note the denticals on the rev from 6:30 t0 9:00. They are high and well formed with just a little wear while the design details close to them show much heavier "wear". The design details were never there in the first place and the wear on the denticals more likely indicates the actual amount of circulation it has done.