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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1999656, member: 29751&quot;]For the record, it is likely not a counterfeit -- it is a forgery.&nbsp; Yes, there is a difference, and yes something <i>can </i>be both things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Counterfeits are made to pass at face value (of modern designs still in use).&nbsp; For example, counterfeit modern day $100 bills.</p><p><br /></p><p>Forgeries are made to replicate collectibles, and are sold (or attempted to be sold) at well above face value as rarities.&nbsp; Forgeries are usually of older/antique items, manufactured nowadays but passed off as truly old.</p><p><br /></p><p>This distinction is made in Charles M. Larson&#039;s VERY good book titled &quot;Numismatic Forgery,&quot; and it&#039;s a difference that I think all numismatists should learn to make (even if lay people do not).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to be safe, then &quot;fake&quot; is a word that&#039;s interchangeable with both words.&nbsp; Oh, the semantics....my head hurts....&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers, Brandon[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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