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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1165658, member: 26302"]TO everyone saying its stupid to counterfeit a quarter, lets analyze it:</p><p><br /></p><p>Make in China a bunch of poor counterfeits. Most people do not really pay attention to coins, so a badly made one stamped out of sheet steel may cost $.05. Yes, its only $.20 profit per coin, but think of the volume! You pass 5 of these a day and you made a buck. Sell these to someone else to pass of at $.10 a piece, and you double your money and drive much higher volumes. The point is money is money, and for a $.20 cent profit per quarter many people would be interested. I imagine you could get even better fakes from China if you wanted to pay $.10 a piece, still $.15 profit per.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have some fake Roman coins that were basically small change in the fourth century. Soldiers were paid something like 1600 of these a month. Even these coins were faked regularly. </p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1165658, member: 26302"]TO everyone saying its stupid to counterfeit a quarter, lets analyze it: Make in China a bunch of poor counterfeits. Most people do not really pay attention to coins, so a badly made one stamped out of sheet steel may cost $.05. Yes, its only $.20 profit per coin, but think of the volume! You pass 5 of these a day and you made a buck. Sell these to someone else to pass of at $.10 a piece, and you double your money and drive much higher volumes. The point is money is money, and for a $.20 cent profit per quarter many people would be interested. I imagine you could get even better fakes from China if you wanted to pay $.10 a piece, still $.15 profit per. I have some fake Roman coins that were basically small change in the fourth century. Soldiers were paid something like 1600 of these a month. Even these coins were faked regularly. Chris[/QUOTE]
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