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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1205566, member: 11521&quot;]Counterfeit coins are not a new phenomenon. Coins that have been in collections for 50 years or more have been discovered to be either counterfeit or altered. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If the &quot;reproduction&quot; was made before the Hobby Protection Act of 1973 went into effect it was not required to say &quot;COPY&quot;. And counterfeits being produced today by the thousands in China almost always are not marked &quot;COPY&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Off-center errors are unique. The planchet just happens to be located incorrectly when the dies come together. An off-center FEC from 1856 and an off-center FEC from 1857 may be off center in the same direction and by the same amount but they are not related. It just means both planchets were in similar (incorrect) locations when the dies came together.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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