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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BostonCoins, post: 1736939, member: 34720&quot;]Thanks Condor! Great information as always!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s funny that you bring up the possibility of the Jefferson&#039;s being contemporary counterfeits. I recently read a similar article on the Strawberry Leaf varieties as well. It was broadly thought these were also contemporary counterfeits. Then, at a Nuismatic show, someone took a genuine Strawberry Leaf and compared the edge to a 1793 Liberty cap. The edges lined up. This meant one of two things.... First, these were genuine Mint issued coins. OR.... The Strawberry Leaf coins were in fact produced on Mint made blanks (Where the lettering was put on prior to the obverse and reverse stamping).</p><p><br /></p><p>That all being said, has anyone sat down and really cataloged all the counterfeit Large Cents (contemporary) of that era? As you said, five cents in those days was a fair bit of money, and well worth someone&#039;s time to make their own coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally.... If the Jefferson coin turns out to be in fact a counterfeit... doesn&#039;t that change it&#039;s category from &quot;Coin&quot; to nothing more than &quot;Token&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the information![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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