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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 16551, member: 669&quot;]According to your reference site it&#039;s a pattern, of which there are only 10 in existence.&nbsp; What makes you think you have found an eleventh?Pattern coins typically do not have multiple varieties.The Chinese coin forgers never met a coin they didn&#039;t want to copy!&nbsp; &quot;Authentic&quot; Japanese Trade Dollar patterns show up on eBay regularly, despite the fact that the mints and museums owning every genuine example are known.5,000 Euros ($ 6,183.87) is an extremely conservative valuation for such a coin.Some of the counterfeiters are real artists.&nbsp; To quote from the home page of the website you referenced:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, if you truly believe you have found a genuine example of that pattern coin, get it authenticated by one of the big four third party graders.&nbsp;&nbsp; No knowledgeable collector is going to buy it from you for a fraction of its true value, without authentication.&nbsp; Just realize that if it isn&#039;t genuine, the TPG won&#039;t give you your money back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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