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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 5373404, member: 112&quot;]It has always been quite common for countries to copy the designs of coins from other countries. And they&#039;d copy more than just designs, they copy composition, weight, and fineness. In more than a few cases they would copy everything exactly, minting out and out counterfeits. For over 150 years the Russian govt. minted counterfeit Netherlands gold ducats. And they were so good that even the TPGs of today can&#039;t tell the real ones from the counterfeits most of the time. In fact the TPGs, and yes that includes NGC and PCGS, have slabbed thousands of Netherlands gold ducats as being genuine when they are actually Russian counterfeits. </p><p><br /></p><p>But most of the time countries were happy with copying the designs of the coins from other countries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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