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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;howards, post: 2576849, member: 299&quot;]The confusion arises because the dictionary definition is as listed in the previous post, but also has another meaning of &quot;present day.&quot;&nbsp; Within a numismatic post, there may not be context which establishes which dictionary definition is to be used.&nbsp; So one must remember that the phrase &quot;contemporary counterfeit&quot; always means a counterfeit that was made about the same time the genuine article was made.&nbsp; (I use the term &quot;modern counterfeit&quot; to describe counterfeits of older coins made approximately today.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER] above says the meaning depends on context.&nbsp; That is true if you are using the word in general language.&nbsp; In numismatics, the phrase &quot;I bought a contemporary counterfeit shield nickel&quot; is sufficient without any other context to know that I bought a counterfeit which was made approximately in the second half of the 1800s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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