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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 1117693, member: 4781&quot;]I&#039;d like to mention the most important difference between what I do and what the Chinese do.&nbsp;&nbsp; Basically, what I have been doing is legal and what the Chinese have been doing is illegal.&nbsp;&nbsp; Their reputation is not worth the paper it is printed on.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese are making outright currency counterfeits by stamping items that purport to be United States one-dollar instruments, but which are in fact not legal tender.</p><p><br /></p><p>I alter genuine legal-tender coins to change the date, without adding or removing any metal and without heating or melting.&nbsp;&nbsp; In some ways, this is no different than a &quot;hobo&quot; nickel carver (except that coin carvers remove metal from the coins&nbsp; - and &quot;lightening&quot; of US coins is technically illegal - but the practice is still embraced by collectors anyway).</p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese make theirs with the intent to decieve.&nbsp;&nbsp; They go so far as to make fake PCGS slabs for some of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ones I make have obvious identifiable features, such as a large &quot;DC&quot; mint mark or a &quot;1964&quot; date.&nbsp;&nbsp; I made sure these identifying features were widely publicized on the internet and elsewhere (such as Coin World articles).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So who, if anyone, would potentially be harmed by a fantasy over-struck &quot;1964&quot; Peace Silver Dollar ?&nbsp;&nbsp; Or, another way to ask the same basic question is, who would pay a lot of money for one ?&nbsp;&nbsp; Anyone willing to pay a lot for one is going to have to know the story of the original 1964 Peace Dollars.&nbsp;&nbsp; And in that case, they would also have to realize that the item they are buying is either illegal to own, or a modern re-creation of some sort.&nbsp;&nbsp; So either way, they would <i>knowingly</i> be taking a risk.</p><p><br /></p><p>I showed one of my &quot;1964-D&quot; over-strikes to an associate who had a few other Peace dollars.&nbsp;&nbsp; He knew a little about coins, but nothing about the original 1964 Peace Dollars.&nbsp;&nbsp; He was not at all impressed by my coin - he was far more proud of his older 1922 coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>For anyone unsure about the status of a 2009-DC &quot;proofed&quot; Silver Eagle or a &quot;1964-D&quot; Peace Dollar, all they have to do is search the internet and they will immediately see a myriad of articles on these subjects with pictures and descriptions of my versions right up front.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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