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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1412353, member: 19065&quot;]I&#039;m not talking about the Chinese approach to what US collectors see as a problem. Different cultures have different views on copyrights, plagarism and enterprise. I am talking about, i.e. my having been using the word <i>xenophobia, </i>to expose an equally disappointing problem that complaining US collectors have let themselves become accustomed to stereotyping the Chinese over counterfeiting. Not all counterfeit coins or notes originate in nor by the hands of the Chinese. China has been portrayed in the west as more of threat to numerous positions that western countries have long held, and while vilifying them over other things, it has set the stage for people to quickly blame anything remotely similar to counterfeit coins coming from China to spill over to blatant xenophobic generalizations. Such comments have been present in coin forums in the last several years and I think it&#039;s a shame for collectors, who tend to pride themselves on knowledge about coins and history, to so easily stereotype in this manner.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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