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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;djaeon, post: 950395, member: 26634&quot;]My first exposure to Chinese fake trade dollars was at the expense of my father in law.&nbsp; He bought a bunch of old US coins (trades, Morgans, draped) at the swap meet and I offered to research them for him.&nbsp; Glancing at them at the swap meet, I notices they didn&#039;t look quite right.&nbsp; Uneven reeding &amp; denticles, etc. 1st red flag.&nbsp; I chalked it up to early minting techniques.&nbsp; I knew very little about coins at this point.&nbsp; When I looked into them, I was finding that all of&nbsp; the coins he purchased were among the most valuable and rare specimens of their kind, albeit in well circulated condition.&nbsp; 2nd major red flag.&nbsp; And then I found that some of the coins fell within the date range for their type, but I couldn&#039;t find anything regarding some of the dates in front of me.&nbsp; So either they weren&#039;t minted that particular year, or were so rare that this was a major find.&nbsp; Not very likely.&nbsp; 3rd red flag.&nbsp; Finally I started researching fakes and everything fell into place.&nbsp; Early and important lesson: Be very skeptical about amazing swap meet finds.&nbsp; Luckily he only paid a few bucks a piece for them.&nbsp; At that price, I think it&#039;s neat to have them just for the sake of reference.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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