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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 402424, member: 15062&quot;]I was going to post this as a response in one of the many threads here regarding counterfeit coins, but I think the subject needs to be addressed on its own.</p><p><br /></p><p>All the threads I&#039;ve read here that show great pictures of counterfeit coins have one thing in common.&nbsp; Other than the written descriptions and comments, the coins themselves aren&#039;t identified as counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless you intend to pass them on to others as genuine, shouldn&#039;t these coins be stamped or engraved &quot;Counterfeit&quot;, &quot;Copy&quot; or &quot;Fake&quot;? If they are being kept for study or instructional purposes, such identification wouldn&#039;t affect their purpose or value. If they are not marked, then at some point in the future they are going to get back into the general mix and being accepted as genuine by the unsuspecting. You may intend to keep control of the coins, but some day your decendents or estate will have to deal with them and they might not be nearly as knowledgeable as you are about them. Even if they eventually find their way into the hands of a dealer, there is no guarantee that the dealer won&#039;t pass them off fraudulently.&nbsp; One poster has even given some fake Morgans out as prizes; who knows where those will wind up?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m open to reasons as to why they are not or should not be properly identified (and I don&#039;t mean just on a holder which can easily be opened).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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