Can anyone else find his mistakes?

I agree. My understanding is that it is fine to sell fakes / replicas as long as they are clearly marked as such on one side or the other.

Of course, photoshopping the word on there does not count!

Mike

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

After I finish my Lincoln Album except for the 1909 VDB S, I will consider temporarily filling it with a fake. Althought I probably won't.

 

kanudiggit?

 

idu :smile

 

A well made replica for a few dollars is sometimes a nice alternative to an epmty hole in an album. Just carry it in your pocket for a while so that it develops a bit of patina rather than appearing as a neon orange headlight.

 

The coins are counter stamped "copy" and it is my understanding "copy" has to be part of the design on the die which strikes the coin. Could be wrong though.

 

Would be nice - were it so. But it is not required to be part of the design.

 

Here is one for Ripleys - They removed his (liusongcaicoinshop) listings with the stock reverse almost immediately. Recently they removed the rest of his items including all of his "completed listings".

 

It was explained to me and this is just one person's legal opinion but I found it an interesting take on the subject. A replica coin struck without "COPY" being part of the working die design are technically counterfeits. Counter-stamping these counterfeit coins with "COPY" after the strike only produces a counter-stamped counterfeit.

 

I do not see anything in the Hoby Protection Act that says it need be on the die. They just refer to the "Item".

Jim

 

The dates are obvious give aways. They are poor fakes.

 

The Hobby Protection Act only provide the standards for a legal replica coin. In manufacturing a replica coin one must still comply fully with the rules governing counterfeiting.