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<p>[QUOTE="Bert Gedin, post: 3199000, member: 92556"]"Coin Quest. Chinese Peking Mint Dragon Coin Reproduction (Counterfeit) 1900.</p><p>These are exiting times for Chinese numismatics (coin collecting). All sorts of rare and exotic coins surface continually, sparking interest in avid collectors worldwide. The bad news, however, is that government-sponsored, or at least government encouraged crooks, thieves, and shysters flood the market every day with counterfeits, replicas and fantasy pieces, clouding all numismatic waters. It is just a wild guess on my part, but I'd venture that more than half of the Chinese coins you see today are fakes. An honest collector swims in a soupy mix of darkness and light. Beware. - Reputable web site 'DragonDollar' has a few choice words on Peking coins and the fact that they are basically all fakes." <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":jimlad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bert Gedin, post: 3199000, member: 92556"]"Coin Quest. Chinese Peking Mint Dragon Coin Reproduction (Counterfeit) 1900. These are exiting times for Chinese numismatics (coin collecting). All sorts of rare and exotic coins surface continually, sparking interest in avid collectors worldwide. The bad news, however, is that government-sponsored, or at least government encouraged crooks, thieves, and shysters flood the market every day with counterfeits, replicas and fantasy pieces, clouding all numismatic waters. It is just a wild guess on my part, but I'd venture that more than half of the Chinese coins you see today are fakes. An honest collector swims in a soupy mix of darkness and light. Beware. - Reputable web site 'DragonDollar' has a few choice words on Peking coins and the fact that they are basically all fakes." :jimlad:[/QUOTE]
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