02-14-2012, 03:46 PM
Here it is!
If only all fakes were this "good" it would make the hobby such an easier thing to participate it.
This fake is so bad I was actually in awe of how bad it was for about 3 hours after receiving it. It could only be worse if they had spelt "Hero" or "Bulgaria" wrong.
Let me run down just a few of the most obvious bits of dire workmanship.
#1 Wrong suspension (the real one had a different ring).
Ok so it has the wrong suspension, it could be one of the dozen or so trial pieces and prototypes that came onto the market about 18 months ago...
#2 The front of the star doesn't come to a point.
It could still be a prototype!
#3 Strange damage on the "crotch" on the back.
Could be from when the bad prototype was discarded by a worker at the mint.
#4 A couple of raised blotches on the reverse at the edge of the star's points.
Still it could be a prototype.
#5 Strange almost unrecognisable "R" mintmark
Could be a "grease" strike on the prototype.
#6 A great big "valknut" shaped rough indentation over "HA" and half of "Bulgaria"
Could have been the biggest grease strike ever!
#7 Strange area on the left (as we see it from the reverse) arm where it looks machined away.
The worker in the mint must have been playing with it!
#8 Slight "pebbling" around all the lettering with all the other areas looking machined.
They could have made it out of a mix of striking and casting?
#9 It's FAKE!
But if I paid enough money for it it has to be real.
If you are waiting for #10 to prove to yourself it is real you have a problem.
I could however see this Gold Star being a great addition to the chest of the "Spitting Image" Leonid Brezhnev puppet!
Are they making fakes yet?
If only all fakes were this "good" it would make the hobby such an easier thing to participate it.
This fake is so bad I was actually in awe of how bad it was for about 3 hours after receiving it. It could only be worse if they had spelt "Hero" or "Bulgaria" wrong.
Let me run down just a few of the most obvious bits of dire workmanship.
#1 Wrong suspension (the real one had a different ring).
Ok so it has the wrong suspension, it could be one of the dozen or so trial pieces and prototypes that came onto the market about 18 months ago...
#2 The front of the star doesn't come to a point.
It could still be a prototype!
#3 Strange damage on the "crotch" on the back.
Could be from when the bad prototype was discarded by a worker at the mint.
#4 A couple of raised blotches on the reverse at the edge of the star's points.
Still it could be a prototype.
#5 Strange almost unrecognisable "R" mintmark
Could be a "grease" strike on the prototype.
#6 A great big "valknut" shaped rough indentation over "HA" and half of "Bulgaria"
Could have been the biggest grease strike ever!
#7 Strange area on the left (as we see it from the reverse) arm where it looks machined away.
The worker in the mint must have been playing with it!
#8 Slight "pebbling" around all the lettering with all the other areas looking machined.
They could have made it out of a mix of striking and casting?
#9 It's FAKE!
But if I paid enough money for it it has to be real.
If you are waiting for #10 to prove to yourself it is real you have a problem.
I could however see this Gold Star being a great addition to the chest of the "Spitting Image" Leonid Brezhnev puppet!
Are they making fakes yet?
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
