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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 1417443, member: 4781&quot;]&quot;1903&quot; Morgan Dollars exist.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m only over-striking with dates that <i>don&#039;t</i> exist.&nbsp;&nbsp; And I&#039;m only over-striking on genuine coins of the same type.&nbsp;&nbsp; A &quot;1903-CC&quot; Morgan Dollar could potentially be considered either a &quot;fake&quot; or a &quot;fantasy&quot; - it depends on the context, the intent, how it was made, and what it was struck on.&nbsp;&nbsp; A Morgan dollar with a date that was never originally minted (like my &quot;1909&quot; over-strikes) is <i>obviously</i> not entirely a US Mint product, and if presented appropriately as such, it is a &quot;fantasy&quot; coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, if they were made and presented with intent to deceive, then they are fakes.&nbsp;&nbsp; And they are not struck over existing genuine coins - so their legal tender status is <i>counterfeit currency</i>. And genuine Bust Half Dollars 1830-1833 already exist.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m not over-striking coins with dates that already exist, according to the government. And all my over-strikes are on legal-tender coins (I&#039;m not claiming legal tender status after the over-strike, however).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That guy sounds like a patholigical liar, or was &quot;pulling your leg&quot;. He can not have had one of my over-strikes since the 1960s. A person intent on lying can always find some coin to lie about, one way or the other.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese are striking on anonymous blanks of metal.&nbsp;&nbsp; That makes them <i>counterfeit currency</i>.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m striking on genuine coins of the same type.&nbsp;&nbsp; That makes mine <i>altered</i> coins, not counterfeit currency.&nbsp;&nbsp; The only thing that really matters about the press is the tonnage it can stamp with.&nbsp;&nbsp; However, using a surplus Denver Mint coin press for over-striking adds a certain &quot;cachet&quot; to the product, as does the fact that the over-strikes are done by a known person who designed coins for the US Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I have heard many stories of people thinking they have &quot;hit the lottery&quot; with their coins, only find out they didn&#039;t even get a free lunch.&nbsp;&nbsp; But these people rarely have invested a lot of their own money in the coins - they generally don&#039;t know anything about coins and got them from a relative or from a TV commercial for $19.95 .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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