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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tradernick, post: 129223, member: 648&quot;]In my experience most circ U.S. gold coins are genuine.&nbsp; I&#039;m talking about $2.50, $5, $10 &amp; $20 coins.&nbsp; Yes there&#039;s a few bad ones out there and virtually all of them that I&#039;ve seen are contemporary gold counterfeits, created 100 years ago or more &amp; intended to fool the merchant into accepting it as money, rather than being used to trick modern day collectors.&nbsp; 100% of these coins that I&#039;ve seen were good gold...just not struck at the mint.&nbsp; The non-gold replicas I&#039;ve seen I consider as just that...replicas, not true counterfeits.&nbsp; Most of these are marked &quot;copy&quot; or some such.</p><p>Then there is the $3 piece.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen lots of fakes of those, and $1 gold coins too.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only good example of modern day counterfeits that I can think of was the infamous bay area counterfeiter a few decades ago that had everyone fooled for a long time, though now I believe his/her material is pretty readily detected by the professional or advanced collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally speaking, if the color is right, and it weighs right and looks right...it&#039;s usually right.&nbsp; But with that said if you don&#039;t look at a LOT of coins on a regular basis, it&#039;s best to buy certified or from a trusted source.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps,</p><p>Nick Boyd</p><p>tradernick[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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