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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joshua Lemons, post: 8580406, member: 82388&quot;]I own two, purchased in my naive phase of collecting years ago. An eastern European seller on eBay, but the coins shipped from, you guessed it, China. It was too good to be true and I was, an idiot. But I&#039;ve kept them as a lesson to myself and clearly labeled the two as counterfeit. </p><p><br /></p><p>The two immediate clues are the examples don&#039;t sound silver and they are grossly underweight.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Puerto Rico, 1895, 20¢, Counterfeit, 4.67g (Should be 5g. weight if authentic)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1512035[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1512036[/ATTACH] </p><p>Puerto Rico, 1896, 40¢, Counterfeit, 7g. (Should be 10g. weight if authentic)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1512037[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1512038[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Lesson learned![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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