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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 2235059, member: 1101&quot;]With all due respect, I disagree with most of the comments so far. If these are contemporary (to the time they circulated) counterfeits, they have value as such and should be preserved as numismatic history.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the TPG companies are not perfect, and they do make mistakes on occasion. There are lots of examples where they have made mistakes, and some take years to become recognized.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am curious as to how multiple dealers made so many bad calls back when these were purchased.&nbsp; I wonder if your cousin was outright scammed, in which case the dealers won’t even consider a refund. If these were bought recently I would say they might be Chinese counterfeits and they might have some small value as collectables, but since they are so much older they are likely very old fakes and are worth collecting in their own right.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not common for so many fakes to pop up in a collection, though, so the whole thing is very odd. But, I suggest you make the best of it and do not deface any historical numismatic specimens. Also, I would not worry about what someone might do with them down the road as long as you are honest when you sell them.&nbsp; Someone with bad intent might use them to defraud, but someone with good intent will help prevent fraud from occurring by studying and educating about forgeries. (When you sell a used car, the person who buys it might drive it to church or they might drive it to a bank robbery – there is no way to know and it is not your responsibility).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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