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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2494219, member: 24314&quot;]If a merchant has a token made for his use in the 1860&#039;s that is considered a privately made contemporary struck CWT.&nbsp; Some of the dies for these may have been used to make additional tokens at a later date but probably not in recent times.. </p><p><br /></p><p>Due to minting methods, die making, smelting, etc as was done over a century ago, contemporary strikes have a certain appearance.&nbsp; The majority of these tokens were virtually worthless in the 1960&#039;s and there were many fewer collectors.&nbsp; Unc&#039;s could be had all day for just a few dollars.&nbsp; They were not a popular coin type to fake and until perhaps a decade or two before now, I never heard of any counterfeits (remember I did not collect them so there probably were some fakes and fantasy pieces around).&nbsp; More modern copies are not genuine.&nbsp; The ones I have seen prove this to me - they don&#039;t look right.&nbsp; CWT collectors have studied these coins for decades and they are a very popular collectible now.&nbsp; So there is more reason for fakes (Chinese) to appear.&nbsp; As I wrote, the Token and Medal Society members have &quot;outed&quot; many fakes.&nbsp; I wish to see some.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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