Fake 1916 Navy on Gunbroker!

Dwight Gruber · 08-21-2020, 01:45 AM

The serifs on the N show it to be upside down; the crown is too precise and too finely detailed; the crown is too far away from the N; the proportions of the stamp seem subtly wrong and it seems to be too large. This last is an intuitive impression and can only be confirmed by direct comparative measurement.

--Dwight

Yakman · 08-21-2020, 11:34 AM

Thanks, Dwight.

The only thing I would say in reference to the backward appearing "N" is all the examples I have seen over the years, along with one's I have, and I have a few, have always appeared backward to me, and this goes back years. The main reason is, it appears to me that the left, or leading, "leg" of the "N" is the thinner, but should follow instead of leading, what I see as the thicker right "leg".

So to me the gun gets this part correct. For the rest, I'll defer to you. However, I can't see a Faker observant enough to get the backward "N" correct, (have to make the die, even) and then put it on a gun that in my opinion would be more valuable without it.

Now, this is just my observation from a first glance, and on which I am not adamant. Anyone can take it apart and I would like to see some do that. Maybe I can learn something.

Jack

08-21-2020, 01:45 AM	#1
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	The serifs on the N show it to be upside down; the crown is too precise and too finely detailed; the crown is too far away from the N; the proportions of the stamp seem subtly wrong and it seems to be too large. This last is an intuitive impression and can only be confirmed by direct comparative measurement. --Dwight

08-21-2020, 11:34 AM	#2
Yakman User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Indiana Posts: 119 Thanks: 881 Thanked 81 Times in 40 Posts	Thanks, Dwight. The only thing I would say in reference to the backward appearing "N" is all the examples I have seen over the years, along with one's I have, and I have a few, have always appeared backward to me, and this goes back years. The main reason is, it appears to me that the left, or leading, "leg" of the "N" is the thinner, but should follow instead of leading, what I see as the thicker right "leg". So to me the gun gets this part correct. For the rest, I'll defer to you. However, I can't see a Faker observant enough to get the backward "N" correct, (have to make the die, even) and then put it on a gun that in my opinion would be more valuable without it. Now, this is just my observation from a first glance, and on which I am not adamant. Anyone can take it apart and I would like to see some do that. Maybe I can learn something. Jack