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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 14526, member: 669&quot;]The bad news is that they very probably are fakes, and the worse news is that very few of the &quot;replica&quot; cash coins are actually silver, although some may have a smidgin of silver in them.&nbsp; Weight is a way of spotting fakes made from base metal, not the occasional one made with an approximately correct alloy, so if yours were unmasked by their weight - oh well!&nbsp; Generally correct alloy replicas are copies of coins with high rarity/collector value, not circulation counterfeits.IMHO It&#039;s <b>never</b> worth risking money you are not willing to throw in the trash to buy coins that you are not knowledgeable about from any source that doesn&#039;t provide inspection and return privileges.&nbsp; &quot;Buy the book before you buy the coin.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many hundred different versions of Chinese/Korean/Japanese/Anamese (Vietnam) cash coins, in a variety of metals; mostly cast and very occasionally struck over the course of more than 1,000 years.&nbsp; Minor variations in the calligraphy of the characters are often the only way to distinguish the real from the unreal.&nbsp;&nbsp; In general knowledgeable cash coin collectors won&#039;t pay more than nominal prices unless they are sure of the attribution.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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