$175
Young, William Henry. Young the magician counterfeit US Half Dollar. American, 1860. A forgery made by the magician Young from Lead, approximating the look and feel of an 1858 US Half Dollar. Lead. Scarce. MT 359. According to John Mulholland, “...Young went so far in his effort to cut down the investment in the money catching act as to make counterfeit half dollars. He was brought to trial for this breach of law and pleaded that the coins were made for his act only and he had been careful never to permit any of them to be passed as currency. After agreeing to make no more and having those in his act confiscated, he was given a suspended sentence. He made the half dollars of a lead alloy and they were reproductions of the 1858 issue of the old New Orleans mint.” (The Sphinx, Sept. 1936).
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-02-02
