The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 13, March 28, 2004, Article 18

BAY AREA COUNTERFEITS FOLLOW-UP

  Eric Newman writes: "Gene Anderson in the 1/11/04  E-Sylum
  asked for information about Bay Area Counterfeits. I responded
  that there was litigation on the subject but could not remember
  the names involved in order to look it up. Serendipity just
  stepped in.  In the 2nd edition of Official Guide to Coin Grading
  and Counterfeit Detection by John Dannreuther which I just
  received, pages 298 and 299 describe the Bay Area Forged
  1835 half cent. Then bells began to ring and I recalled my
  article in the April 1979 The Numismatist entitled "Superb
  Numismatic Forgeries are upon Us." In that file I found
  reference to the case of Joe Ferris vs, Thomas L. Reuben dba
  Western Rare Coins and Stamps filed in the District Court of
  Douglas County Nebraska with respect to 8 different Colonial
  and Confederation alleged forged coins.  Our extensive file
  shows that ANACS also participated in the problem. This
  should help anyone researching the matter at this time.

  I recognize that many have already identified the US Cents
  in the Bay Area forgery category as detailed in Anderson's
  article in the March 2004 Penny-Wise pages 78 & 79, but
  the above mentioned forgeries seem a little earlier."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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