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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1744162, member: 11521&quot;]Contemporary Counterfeit Capped Bust Half Dollars are HIGHLY collectible. These are coins that were counterfeited when CBHs circulated. They were made to fool shopkeepers. If the counterfeiter could make a CBH for 5 cents and pass it off for 50 cents he made a profit of 45 cents - not bad for the period. Like modern-day shovers (the ones who spend counterfeit money), they would try to pass off their fake coins when the clerk was busy or distracted or they would mix a fake coin in with other genuine coins. There are books written for collectors of Contemporary Counterfeit CBHs. </p><p><br /></p><p>Many genuine early obsolete currency notes cannot be found today because all the notes were redeemed and destroyed. So the only way for a collector to collect these notes is to collect counterfeit versions of these notes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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