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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AtrayuFurry, post: 3117651, member: 96341&quot;]I bought a small hoard of 44 pieces of French Indo-China 20 centimes coins at a yard sale recently.&nbsp; They range from 1900-1928. I thought I hit the jackpot with a combined listed value of over $15,000.&nbsp; It turns out all but two of them, the dates have been altered. The last two digits didn&#039;t look right. They&#039;re off-kilter very slightly.&nbsp; Up until 1921, they were struck on 83.5% silver planchets, the ones I have are on 68% silver planchets (68% was used starting in 1921). </p><p>It seems they used real coins of later dates and changed the dates to make them more valuable.&nbsp; Here&#039;s one from 1915. Notice the 15 is crude and tilted. Also, they never produced coins in 1915. I also have some 1904&#039;s and 1906&#039;s, other years that don&#039;t exist. </p><p>Here&#039;s one from 1912.&nbsp; Notice the 12 isn&#039;t consistent with the 19.&nbsp;&nbsp; The last image is a real one from 1928.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]792602[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]792604[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]792605[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]792606[/ATTACH] Notice all the numbers are consistent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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