The depicted Chinese Peace Dollars are made of base metal. They are the typical poor quality cast counterfeits of 15 years ago. They weigh light & are much easier to detect than the great die struck counterfeits that Hobo has recently posted. The reason for posting these Chinese Dollars is to show the repeating depressions found on both coins. These nicks were on the host coin & transferred to every replica. Very best regards, collect89
That's a very good point. Repeating depressions are depressions that are found on every coin made from a counterfeit die (hence the term 'repeating'). If the host coin (the coin that is copied to make the counterfeit die) has a scratch or a hit that mark (depression) will be transferred to the counterfeit die. The depression is reversed on the die so it will be raised on the die. Sometimes the counterfeiter will try to remove these defects by polishing the die or filing (tooling) the defect. Also, if you see two coins with the same identical scratches or hits you should be highly suspect. I mean, what are the odds that two coins are going to have identical scratches or hits? An important thing to understand about repeating depressions is this: A scratch or hit on a coin will usually break the surface of the coin. If you see luster inside a depression on a coin you should immediately be suspicious. The only way a depression can have luster is if the depression was struck with the coin. If the depression (scratch or hit) was made after the coin was struck the luster in the depression will be broken.
