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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2577615, member: 24314&quot;][USER=299]@howards[/USER] posted:&nbsp; 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 - <span style="color: #b300b3">it is set by definition to be the period during which the genuine coins were manufactured and circulated.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #006600">See, it is not complicated after all.&nbsp; That is exactly what I posted if you read it again.&nbsp; Contemporary counterfeits circulated with the similar coins that were in circulation </span><span style="color: #ff0000">AT THE TIME - whatever time period we wish to consider - 1600&#039;s, 1700&#039;s, 1900&#039;s - get it now?&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=299]@howards[/USER] wrote: &quot;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?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b30000">OMG! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I think you can make good arguments either way.&quot;&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30000">Really? This from a nickel expert, really?&nbsp; </span>&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><span style="color: #b30000">That&#039;s what they ARE - contemporary.&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;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.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b30000">Contemporary is not an ambiguous word. This is not a case of: It all depends on what &quot;is&quot; is?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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