BAD METAL

Thank you all for a productive and collaborative 2024. When 2023 ended, I hoped 2024 would have the same type of excitement – well it...

It just happened! I just logged in the 1,000th die struck contemporary counterfeit U.S. coin variety. And I'm not done...I still have a...

I'm back from the Fall Whitman Baltimore show (the only show I was able to attend in 2024). I had a great time and was able to catch up...

General Updates. I recently acquired a new variety of Barber quarter from a collector. This piece is a 1904 (P) transfer die struck on a...

I'm looking for rarer hand-made die counterfeit Seated dime varieties to help another collector build their collection. This collector...

New Varieties I was recently shown a new hand-made die Seated dime variety dated 1862. I also recently discovered and acquired a new...

Personal stuff first. Work and life have been crazy busy for 6+ months. Thus, I haven't had time to sit down to work on the next Bad...

Looking for an XRF to Use. Does anyone know of someone in the Baltimore area who has an XRF analyzer and would they allow someone like me...

Life. Life is good. I'm working A LOT of hours with my salary job. I'm wrapping up a 9-month kitchen remodel from demo to installation....

NEW COUNTERFEIT PUBLICATION by Joe Cronin Friend and collaborator Joe Cronin has completed a significantly updated publication on Henning...

Happy President's Day weekend everyone. Prior Blog info. I'm pausing publishing an update on a couple of counterfeit Seated quarters for...

2023 started off strong - and actually amazingly great if you collect/study contemporary counterfeit Capped Bust half dollars. We...

Readers - I'm progressively inching closer to the finish line with the next Bad Metal book. But, I'm missing important content that I...

It's been a busy past 6 weeks for me - personal and numismatic - and I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving yesterday! Starting with...

Back in July I wrote about an effort to acquire a scarce 1839-O Davignon 1-A counterfeit CBH from an unknown owner/seller...

Ok, I know I haven't written a blog post in a while. I've been busy with nearly everything but numismatic stuff over the last 6 weeks,...

Bad Metal Silver. 50c to S$1 is now approximately 86% complete (I'm way more organized with this publication than prior publications)....

*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...