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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;howards, post: 2577463, member: 299&quot;]IMO, that&#039;s too subjective a definition.&nbsp; &quot;Whatever time period we wish to consider&quot; leaves it up to the reader to pick the time frame.&nbsp; The time frame is not up to the reader - it is set by definition to be the period during which the genuine coins were manufactured and circulated.</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting case to consider is the Henning counterfeit Jefferson nickels.&nbsp; Jefferson nickels are still a currently manufactured and circulating design.&nbsp; So are the Hennings modern counterfeits or contemporary?&nbsp; I think you can make good arguments either way.&nbsp; For me, the (weasel) way out of that is to call them Henning counterfeits.&nbsp; If you pushed me, I&#039;d side with contemporary rather than modern.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking up the word &quot;contemporary&quot; in the dictionary is not a useful way to resolve this.&nbsp; Like many other disciplines, numismatics uses language in a specialized way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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