Fake 1916 Navy on Gunbroker!

Dwight Gruber · 08-21-2020, 01:27 PM

I didn't say backward, I said upside-down. The issue is not the thickness of the legs, but the position and direction of the letter serifs. Thickness difference in stamping can be attributed to uneven positioning of the stempel during the stamping stroke.

SPECULATION: the marking under discussion is the result of two different stamps, the N being held in the wrong orientation and the crown being a separate, more finely detailed stempel.

Fakers are very often...well, I want to say stupid, but let's just go with ignorant, or just unobservant. This is the characteristic which allows us to catch them out.

--Dwight

08-21-2020, 01:27 PM	#25
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	I didn't say backward, I said upside-down. The issue is not the thickness of the legs, but the position and direction of the letter serifs. Thickness difference in stamping can be attributed to uneven positioning of the stempel during the stamping stroke. SPECULATION: the marking under discussion is the result of two different stamps, the N being held in the wrong orientation and the crown being a separate, more finely detailed stempel. Fakers are very often...well, I want to say stupid, but let's just go with ignorant, or just unobservant. This is the characteristic which allows us to catch them out. --Dwight