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<p>[QUOTE="Numismat, post: 3099319, member: 15019"]<font size="4">"Are fantasy dated coins considered counterfeit?"</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Technically no, colloquially yes. Terms like counterfeit, forgery and fantasy all have specific uses and pertain to different things within different specialty groups. The one thing in common is that they all describe something that is not a genuine period item. Some of the confusion comes from these terms being used interchangeably, which is fine in most cases, but becomes an issue when getting into a specific area.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">For example, I recently purchased an 1809 Colombia 1 real. The problem is there were no such genuine coins struck in Colombia that year. Specialists in this area call this a contemporary counterfeit because it was made when coins of the type were in circulation. Had it been made after that it would be considered a collector forgery. People who specialize in pieces such as the one you posted may call it a fantasy and many people would just simply call it fake.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">This discussion is a "can of worms" not because people disagree, but because they agree by using different terminology.</font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Numismat, post: 3099319, member: 15019"][SIZE=4]"Are fantasy dated coins considered counterfeit?" Technically no, colloquially yes. Terms like counterfeit, forgery and fantasy all have specific uses and pertain to different things within different specialty groups. The one thing in common is that they all describe something that is not a genuine period item. Some of the confusion comes from these terms being used interchangeably, which is fine in most cases, but becomes an issue when getting into a specific area. For example, I recently purchased an 1809 Colombia 1 real. The problem is there were no such genuine coins struck in Colombia that year. Specialists in this area call this a contemporary counterfeit because it was made when coins of the type were in circulation. Had it been made after that it would be considered a collector forgery. People who specialize in pieces such as the one you posted may call it a fantasy and many people would just simply call it fake. This discussion is a "can of worms" not because people disagree, but because they agree by using different terminology. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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