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<p>[QUOTE="CheetahCats, post: 836407, member: 23874"]I concur with Slim_Pickens. A whole subcategory of numismatics exists, dedicated to contemporary counterfeits. That is, "contemporary" typically meaning <i>of the era</i> that the genuine coinage was created by a mint, made for the purpose of being spent.</p><p> </p><p>Machin's Mills coinage is a nice starting point for learning about examples of contemporary counterfeits. A brief discussion can be found in <u>A Guide Book of United States Coins 2010</u>, R.S Yeoman, (c) 2009, pgs. 63-64, (AKA "The Red Book".) </p><p> </p><p>Another starting point for learning more about contemporary counterfeits, as well as 19th century counterfeits and fantasies, can be found in the <u>Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins</u>, Q. David Bowers, (c) 2009, Chapter 12.</p><p> </p><p>That said, I aver that replicas, copies, reproductions, and counterfeits originating from modern times (i.e., nowadays, like those produced in China) have limited numismatic value except for the purposes of learning about the techniques involved in the counterfeiting processes themselves, as well as for the discipline of detection thereof.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CheetahCats, post: 836407, member: 23874"]I concur with Slim_Pickens. A whole subcategory of numismatics exists, dedicated to contemporary counterfeits. That is, "contemporary" typically meaning [I]of the era[/I] that the genuine coinage was created by a mint, made for the purpose of being spent. Machin's Mills coinage is a nice starting point for learning about examples of contemporary counterfeits. A brief discussion can be found in [U]A Guide Book of United States Coins 2010[/U], R.S Yeoman, (c) 2009, pgs. 63-64, (AKA "The Red Book".) Another starting point for learning more about contemporary counterfeits, as well as 19th century counterfeits and fantasies, can be found in the [U]Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins[/U], Q. David Bowers, (c) 2009, Chapter 12. That said, I aver that replicas, copies, reproductions, and counterfeits originating from modern times (i.e., nowadays, like those produced in China) have limited numismatic value except for the purposes of learning about the techniques involved in the counterfeiting processes themselves, as well as for the discipline of detection thereof.[/QUOTE]
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