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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 302150, member: 6036&quot;]I presume this was counterfeited at the time (1920s ?), when the point was to pass off base metal as silver. It was all about the bullion.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But these days , nobody counterfeits a coin for its face value; they counterfeit it for its numismatic value. They want to create a rarity.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So how come these trade dollar counterfeiters can&#039;t even get the <b><u>weight</u></b> right ??? That seems like the easiest thing to get right, and the easiest diagnostic to look for !</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It seems extremely tough to get the strike looking good enough to fool anyone. If one has enough talent to do that, it seems getting planchet weight proper would be easy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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