Bad Metal Book Update (brief-ish)!
Personal stuff first. Work and life have been crazy busy for 6+ months. Thus, I haven't had time to sit down to work on the next Bad...
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Winston Zack
- Jul 21
- 4 min
July Update!
Looking for an XRF to Use. Does anyone know of someone in the Baltimore area who has an XRF analyzer and would they allow someone like me...
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Winston Zack
- Jun 23
- 2 min
Summer Solstice Update
Life. Life is good. I'm working A LOT of hours with my salary job. I'm wrapping up a 9-month kitchen remodel from demo to installation....
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Winston Zack
- Mar 25
- 2 min
More on Henning Nickels!
NEW COUNTERFEIT PUBLICATION by Joe Cronin Friend and collaborator Joe Cronin has completed a significantly updated publication on Henning...
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Winston Zack
- Feb 16
- 1 min
Riddell Monograph Project!
Happy President's Day weekend everyone. Prior Blog info. I'm pausing publishing an update on a couple of counterfeit Seated quarters for...
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Winston Zack
- Jan 20
- 3 min
2023 Year in Review
2023 started off strong - and actually amazingly great if you collect/study contemporary counterfeit Capped Bust half dollars. We...
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Winston Zack
- Dec 9, 2023
- 2 min
Looking for Counterfeit Morgan Dollars
Readers - I'm progressively inching closer to the finish line with the next Bad Metal book. But, I'm missing important content that I...
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Winston Zack
- Nov 24, 2023
- 2 min
Happy Thanksgiving! (Even if belated). And a Book Sale!
It's been a busy past 6 weeks for me - personal and numismatic - and I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving yesterday! Starting with...
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Winston Zack
- Oct 13, 2023
- 1 min
It Has Returned!
Back in July I wrote about an effort to acquire a scarce 1839-O Davignon 1-A counterfeit CBH from an unknown owner/seller...
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Winston Zack
- Sep 24, 2023
- 2 min
2 New Quarter Varieties!
Ok, I know I haven't written a blog post in a while. I've been busy with nearly everything but numismatic stuff over the last 6 weeks,...
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Winston Zack
- Aug 12, 2023
- 2 min
86%
Bad Metal Silver. 50c to S$1 is now approximately 86% complete (I'm way more organized with this publication than prior publications)....
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Winston Zack
- Jul 29, 2023
- 5 min
July was a Banner Month for Counterfeit CBHs
*This is a long blog post, but worth the read. Months like this don’t come around much anymore – for various reasons. But July was...
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Winston Zack
- Jul 23, 2023
- 1 min
What Else Do You Want to Know?
What facts, figures, stats, or other stuff and things about contemporary counterfeit U.S. coins do you want to know about, especially if...
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Winston Zack
- Jul 14, 2023
- 1 min
A New Shield Nickel Variety Documented with the ‘X’ Treasury Stamp of Condemnation
Recently, an example of counterfeit Shield nickel variety 1867 Z1-A was sold bearing the large ‘X’ countermark, shown here. This...
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Winston Zack
- Jul 7, 2023
- 3 min
Housekeeping Updates and Other Info!
New Counterfeits for Sale. Over the last few weeks and over this weekend I have and will continue to list a handful of new acquisitions...
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Winston Zack
- Jun 13, 2023
- 1 min
UPDATE: Bad Metal Copper and Nickel Errata
Available for download HERE, is a more attractive version of the Bad Metal. Copper and Nickel errata, including images of the 2 new...
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Winston Zack
- Jun 10, 2023
- 2 min
Counterfeit 3cS News You Can Use
This is a 2-part blog post on counterfeit 3cS’s. First, in May 2023 a new variety of hand-made, die struck counterfeit 1852 3cS was...
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Winston Zack
- Jun 4, 2023
- 2 min
A New Counterfeit CBQ Variety!
April 2023 was another important month in the genre of circulating contemporary counterfeit U.S. coins. This time, a previously...
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Winston Zack
- May 12, 2023
- 2 min
4th New CBH Variety in 4 Months!
Remarkably to me, in April the 4th previously undocumented hand-made, die struck counterfeit CBH was identified this year and sold on...
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Winston Zack
- Apr 27, 2023
- 1 min
NNP Symposium at CSNS: Registration Info
You can register for NNP Symposium Talks at the CSNS here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nnp-symposium-spring-2023-registration-5239613615...
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