Bad Metal: Copper and Nickel Circulating Contemporary Counterfeit United States Coins

Love them or loathe them, circulating contemporary counterfeit United States coins were an integral component in shaping the early history of theUnited States, and surviving examples remain embedded in our numismatic hobby today. Until recently, intensive research on this important subject has beenlargely overlooked by scholars. This book eclipses and unifies that prior research, while adding extensive original analysis, information, and documentation onthese forgotten yet intriguing pieces of history.

This book provides an in-depth and often exhaustive examination on the history of circulating counterfeit United States coins. It clarifies commonmisconceptions and preconceived ideas, dispels myths, and corrects misinformation about circulating counterfeit United States coins which have circulated inthis hobby for many decades. Hundreds of large, high-quality, and professional color photographs make it easy to identify different counterfeit coin types andvarieties in order to better illustrate this subject.

Specifically, this book covers the differences between die struck and cast counterfeit coins, along with extensive analysis on how to quickly and easilyidentify a contemporary counterfeit United States coin with confidence. Additional chapters comprise counterfeit United States coin laws, counterfeiterbehaviors, and the history of United States coin counterfeiting through the end of the 19th century. This book concludes with chapters thoroughly analyzingdocumented contemporary counterfeit United States copper denominations (half-cents, large cents, small cents, two cents), as well as copper-nickeldenominations (three-cent, and five cent Shield, Liberty, Buffalo, and Jefferson). These last two chapters include extensive research to identify who madespecific counterfeit coin varieties thus establishing the provenance for many of these largely mysterious numismatic pieces.

This book will be of immense interest to anyone who collects and handles United States coins, is interested in United States coinage history, or justgeneral history about the United States since the late 18th century. This is the first book in a planned three-part series on circulating contemporarycounterfeit United States coins. The two other books will cover silver and gold counterfeits, and will be published over the next couple years.

Winston Zack is a life member of the American Numismatic Association, Chicago Coin Club, John Reich Collectors Society, and the Central States NumismaticSociety.

Bad Metal: Copper and Nickel Circulating Contemporary Counterfeit United States Coins

Author: Winston Zack
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781513651866
Pages: 320, full color
Pub. date: 10 November 2019
Publisher: Sheridan Books Incorporated
Presale Price: $69/shipped (U.S.)

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