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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;britannia40, post: 3139545, member: 74818&quot;]Yes ive heard the stories as well. Copper ones your to be thrown out to in the usa by dealers prior to the 90&#039;s from my understanding and that&#039;s how a lot of the major collectors massed the numbers they got.</p><p><br /></p><p>I try to put together a AU-MS set for most and when scarce ones a lot less as necessary. I did keep a lot of my extras and damaged ones I just didn&#039;t grade them. I think the only reason I went the graded route was the number of counterfeits and the ease of resale when authenticated. I have learned the copper ones quite well the past 5 years and can tell most of the counterfeit pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen 1 silver Taiwan province piece recently for sale but they were both damaged. a 1890 10 cent for 600usd and[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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