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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 356645, member: 12965&quot;]If someone makes a copy of a real coin, wouldn&#039;t the uniqueness of that coin be transferred to the copy? Sort of like when the mint makes new dies they use that transfer machine (forgot it&#039;s name) to transfer the image off the original artwork piece, which engraves it into the die (or the thing that makes the die - still learning the terminology/process), in the process reducing the size. Why can&#039;t that same transfer machine be used to make a 1-to-1 replica of an existing coin, thereby, making practically an exact duplicate of it as a die for making other coins with?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ps: If I&#039;m &quot;off&quot; in my thinking above, then do you know what the counterfeiters are using to duplicate coins or the &quot;hows&quot; of their process, because they&#039;ve graduated from making cast copies which are easier to spot?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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