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<p>[QUOTE="PennyGuy, post: 1095465, member: 17502"]I will address the two cent piece. First I will assume that you own or have access to a Red Book, as the pictures there can be of help for you. I am aware of only two manufacturers of two cent pieces in China. Examples of both have been examined closely, these are shown below. A study of these two specimens verses a genuine example will quickly yield the major differences. I would recommend that you study genuine examples, in hand, or via high resolution pictures available on the internet at major auction houses such as Heritage, Goldberg, Stacks, or TeleTrade. </p><p><br /></p><p>I will include a picture of known genuine US Two Cent pieces from 1864 to aid you in comparing to the known counterfeit examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good Luck</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy106/waandersonatsbcglobaldotnet/1864CounterfeitTwoCents.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy106/waandersonatsbcglobaldotnet/1864LSmvsLgMottoLarge.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PennyGuy, post: 1095465, member: 17502"]I will address the two cent piece. First I will assume that you own or have access to a Red Book, as the pictures there can be of help for you. I am aware of only two manufacturers of two cent pieces in China. Examples of both have been examined closely, these are shown below. A study of these two specimens verses a genuine example will quickly yield the major differences. I would recommend that you study genuine examples, in hand, or via high resolution pictures available on the internet at major auction houses such as Heritage, Goldberg, Stacks, or TeleTrade. I will include a picture of known genuine US Two Cent pieces from 1864 to aid you in comparing to the known counterfeit examples. Good Luck [IMG]http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy106/waandersonatsbcglobaldotnet/1864CounterfeitTwoCents.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy106/waandersonatsbcglobaldotnet/1864LSmvsLgMottoLarge.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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