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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bedford, post: 407260, member: 4917&quot;]There is a fine line there,So lets use the 1913 Barber quarter as an example- Since that coin had a mint mark added to it , is that altered or counterfeit ?</p><p><br /></p><p>I call it couterfeit even though it was an actual coin made by the government it has been altered with the addition of the mint mark.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I do agree with you both on phisically changing a 1944 to a 1914 as altering it but where is the line drawn ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it only considered altered when something is taken away or moved around on the coin ?</p><p>Or does adding something to a coin like a mint mark still just make it an altered coin &amp; not a counterfeit in your eyes ?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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