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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 02-10-2001 11:32 AM The spoon shown here was recently offer on ebay (it did not sell). The description given was, to its credit, cautionary. What do you think? It reminds me of the children's game what's wrong with this picture? IP: Logged
Brent Posts: 1507 Registered: May 99	posted 02-15-2001 03:30 PM Two things strike me about this immediately. One, the shape of the bowl is just wrong. I have never seen a piece of coin silver with a bowl of this shape. Most coffin-end spoons have a narrower, egg-shaped bowl. Secondly, the close up of the mark makes the piece look like a casting. There is no crispness to the mark at all, and the handle itself looks rather thick and blobby. Authentic coffin-ends are usually rather thin, with crisp edges. IP: Logged
Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 Registered: Apr 2000	posted 02-22-2001 01:06 AM It does look cast--but if it isn't, perhaps the mark comes from what's described in this older post: Counterfeit diestamps -- Does each one come with a blank spoon? IP: Logged
vathek Posts: 966 Registered: Jun 99	posted 03-14-2001 02:29 PM Actually I think it's just too darned ugly to be real IP: Logged
Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 Registered: Apr 93	posted 03-14-2001 03:00 PM Paul, Good catch! I knew that mark looked familar. Here are the counterfeit diestamps from the other post entitled Counterfeit diestamps -- Does each one come with a blank spoon? IP: Logged

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