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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1415498, member: 26302&quot;]They are? Why is that sir? Are ancient coins not capable of being counterfeit?</p><p><br /></p><p>What were your answer to my questions? I would like to know. If someone last week strikes a coin identical to an ancient roman coin, is that coin a counterfeit? What if there is a very slight change to the design, (enough that most would never know). Is that coin still a counterfeit. </p><p><br /></p><p>It gets to the heart of the matter sir concerning the true nature of a counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: If it helps, try this one, (I simply used Roman coins to take you out of your comfort zone).</p><p><br /></p><p>Lets say last month someone in China strikes identical copies of 1803 silver dollars. Are those counterfeits?</p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, they do it again but accidentally place a dot on the reverse in the field. Is this a counterfeit?</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, they leave the dot, but the second S in States accidentally gets changed to a 8. Is that counterfiet?</p><p><br /></p><p>Next, they clean those two problems up, so its identical to an 1803 silver dollar again, but change the date to 1805. Is it a counterfeit?</p><p><br /></p><p>The point being WHERE is the line where its counterfeit/not counterfeit. That is the question sir.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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