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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 4812993, member: 41219&quot;]Because you came in with the &quot;This is clearly a counterfeit half&quot; when it clearly was not. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m no &quot;expert&quot; but I do have a wee bit of common sense. </p><p>You should look at all the options(this coin is plated and not actually a counterfeit)&nbsp; before jumping to the most extreme conclusion (this is obviously a Chinese counterfeit!!!!).</p><p><br /></p><p>I will be the first to admit that I have no love for the Chinese government or the counterfeiters who have gone and done whatever they can to make a buck (yuan?) off this hobby. </p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that this post immediately came out and said that the coin in question is clearly counterfeit because it weighs a bit more than a silver half should AND it sticks to a magnet makes it counterfeit...without actually thinking of the other, more plausible, options...made it seem more like clickbait than anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess the only positive from this thread making it to the front page is that &quot;hopefully&quot; new people will read it and realize that perhaps not everything is what they think it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is my final word on this topic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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