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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 402530, member: 12965&quot;]I do believe that today qualifies as being after the 1973 HPA was passed so they are REQUIRED by Federal Law to have COPY stamped on them. Ones made PRIOR to the law, are not required to have the stamp but as I said earlier, to transfer ownership of a PRE-1973 counterfeit, the owner of said counterfeit must disclose it is a counterfeit or be in violation of other counterfeit laws.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>First of all, they are not worthless, but I will let Hobo explain this one since he is an avid counterfeit collector and can explain this much better than I but I will say this, pre-1973 counterfeits &quot;can be&quot; distinguished by the fact COPY is not on them whereas the post-1973 counterfeits are required by law to have COPY on them, thus, what distinguishes a 1909-S VDB and its worth, is no different than a pre-1973 counterfeit - it dates the counterfeit (somewhat). Put COPY on all counterfeits, then try to figure out when they were made? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But like I said, Hobo can better/further/fully explain what I said about value. :thumb:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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