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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2107728, member: 15929&quot;]PCGS even slabs known counterfeits. In PCGSCoinfacts, under Braded Hair Cents,</p><p>Ron Guth states:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Plain and simple, the 1848 Small Date Large Cent is a counterfeit, and probably a contemporary one.&nbsp; However, it has been accepted as a collectible coin by the copper community and brings strong prices whenever it appears at auction.&nbsp; Virtually all of the known examples are on over-sized planchets, often double-struck or overstruck on other coins, and at least two show one or more planchet clips.&nbsp; Breen knew of seven in 1988; today the population is 10-12 examples.&nbsp; The Dan Holmes collection (sold in 2011) contained three examples.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/403850" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/403850" rel="nofollow">1848 1C Sm Dt Breen-1901 Fantasy, BN (Regular Strike)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Strict enforcement of the Hobby Protection Act would require that each of these coins be marked with the appropriate &quot;COPY&quot; text but you know as well as I that this just isn&#039;t going to happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then of course, there&#039;s this one:&nbsp; 1804 1C Private Restrike, RB (Regular Strike)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/36425" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/36425" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/36425</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Again, &quot;Strict&quot; enforcement of the HPA requires that these coins be marked &quot;COPY&quot; to be in compliance with the act.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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