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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;charley, post: 7805149, member: 5372&quot;]Or apply the word &quot;souvenir&quot;, or &quot;facsimile&quot;, or &quot;copy&quot;,&nbsp; or initials with date, etc. Of course it is a little cumbersome to do so, and takes up a lot of room that interferes with the artistic effort and/or intent. Maybe do so on the 3rd. side.</p><p><br /></p><p>Research is fine, but the average person maybe buying a gift, as an example, would not be researching as a non-collector, I think.</p><p>That is the point of safe guards, to limit the disappointment and lower the chance of taking advantage of the unsuspecting.</p><p>It is good that the effort is/was made to apply a couple of small non-intrusive initials, but the number of collectors...even experienced collectors....is not many, that would be aware of the very low possibility that original pieces were not &quot;initialed&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not think the intent of, or the reality is, that the pieces are &quot;counterfeit&quot; in the strict definition we apply in numismatics, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buyer beware has limits of expectations, I think.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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