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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David@PCC, post: 3000954, member: 80556&quot;]I have thought about this before and am under the impression it would cost more to make a convincing forgery than it would to buy an authentic original. And by convincing I mean passing through several hands that are knowledgeable in that particular area from which that coin belongs, such as dealers, auction houses, even members here within their respective sub areas of expertise. Certainly knock offs are sold everyday on places like eBay, but I would expect very few if any would pass as authentic when looked at by several people knowledgeable in that particular area.</p><p>Now engraving a die can be a little tricky to determine cost of manufacture. I suppose if someone spends several months engraving, tweaking, ect a die and it does not pass as authentic then they lost all that time making money when they could have done something else.</p><p>So if someone wants to spend at least $1000 to make a Julia Titi (again that is convincing) which is worth $500 on a good day or spend the next 6 months doing the same is it worth it to them?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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