The Alibaba product listings for copy coins usually show a photo of the real coin. If you actually order one, what you get is likely going to be a...
I agree that there are some very high-quality Trade Dollar counterfeits out there. It is not known for certain where they were made, but China...
My mistake. Thanks for the correction.
If some Chinese person or company over-struck US coins to put an obvious date on them that was never originally issued for that type, and they...
The 1964-D Peace Dollar was produced by the US Mint, but they were never issued. According to the US Treasury, none were ever released and all...
You are employing your own logic here, not mine. The Chinese pieces are struck on low-grade base-metal blanks. There is no silver content. They...
I don't know. They might not care that much if it was small and unobtrusive. But if you are worried about some hypothetical harm that might come...
It isn't what I would call a "small loophole". As I understand it, in China there are no restrictions on making unmarked copies of any coin...
f(for example) The difference is a defaced coin vs. a copy coin. If you took some Picasso prints and over-printed something on them, and then...
Here is a product that was endorsed and sold by the Smithsonian Institution. The coin says "United States of America", "Liberty", and "One Hundred...
I've been a collector since 1970. I enjoy the hobby. If I really wanted to "make more money" I could have clandestinely produced numerous actual...
Every work of "art" is based on (or influenced by) things that came before it. For example, the Barber "Liberty Head" may have been based on the...
Obviously, there are a few people that really dislike the fantasy-date over-strike coins. Other internet discussions about them have followed a...
It is evidence that these fantasy-date over-strike pieces trade in the secondary market with the pertinent facts being known by the parties...
Rick Harrison did buy one of my "1964-D" over-strike Peace dollars. See the Pawn Stars episode titled "Flying High" (season 8, episode 109).
There has been only one instance when I over-struck a coin and used a date that was actually issued for that type. That was the 2009 "proofed"...
Perhaps. But I think the "1916" date is much more obvious than a tiny "DC" would be.
It is a typical practice for heirs to get a qualified appraisal of an estate prior to distributing it. With all the information out there, a...
The edge of the piece is reeded, so it would not be practical to put a "signature" there. Yes, some small marker could be placed on the front or...
That is not a good debate form. You should do the "work" because, in a debate such as this, the party that claims to have evidence supporting...
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