BAD METAL

*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...

What facts, figures, stats, or other stuff and things about contemporary counterfeit U.S. coins do you want to know about, especially if...

Recently, an example of counterfeit Shield nickel variety 1867 Z1-A was sold bearing the large ‘X’ countermark, shown here. This...

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...

Available for download HERE, is a more attractive version of the Bad Metal. Copper and Nickel errata, including images of the 2 new...

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...

April 2023 was another important month in the genre of circulating contemporary counterfeit U.S. coins. This time, a previously...

Remarkably to me, in April the 4th previously undocumented hand-made, die struck counterfeit CBH was identified this year and sold on...

You can register for NNP Symposium Talks at the CSNS here. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nnp-symposium-spring-2023-registration-5239613615...

I don't have the time to draft and write even a short blog post right now, but I still wanted to announce that 2 new counterfeit...

After 3 completed months in 2023, the 3rd previously undocumented Capped Bust half dollar (CBH) counterfeit hand-made die variety has...

The rate of new hand-made die struck counterfeit CBH varieties documented has remained relatively consistent for at least the last decade...

Here is the back story to the 1875 Seated quarter from the prior blog post. I recently bought a small group of struck and cast...

I recently acquired this 1875 Seated quarter. The surface is coppery in color (photos are essentially accurate to color). It has an 'X'...

As a follow-up to the prior Blog post from a couple weeks where I showcased a 1953 Henning nickel, another collector, Joe Cronin, reached...

I recently had the privilege of being sent a 1953 Henning nickel to study and document from the collection of Ron Akers, as shown here....

2023 is off to a great start with regards to the seemingly never-ending documentation of new hand-made, die struck contemporary...

Back in Sept/Oct I hypothesized that it would take 2-3 months after Bad Metal Silver 3cS to 25c was published for a previously...

As promised, I just finished adding images of the counterfeit copper varieties, large cents and Indian cents, to the website from Bad...

2022 Overall Highlights As we wind-down 2022, I want to thank you all who participated and continue to participate in building the...