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The E-Sylum: Volume 3, Number 8, February 20, 2000, Article 5 PHOTO FAKE AT ANA WEBSITE In a note to ANA webmaster Susan Nulty, Andy Lustig wrote: "Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the Clark Gruber $20 on your home page is fake. Experts differ on these, but some other photo should be used." At this writing the photo is at this address: http://www.money.org/cg1861.jpg As a follow-on, he posed the following to readers of The E-Sylum: "There are two distinct types of 1861 Clark Gruber twenties. The ones that are semi-prooflike and have somewhat concave fields (most apparent at the peripheries) are, in my opinion, fake. Can anyone locate a plated "fake" prior to 1950? I doubt it! The Clark Gruber overstrikes, such as the piece struck over a 57-S twenty, are from the suspect dies, and have the same PL tendencies. How 'bout dat???" Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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