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<p>[QUOTE="norantyki, post: 7700929, member: 118879"]There are many German States minor silver contemporary counterfeits (primarily Prussian) that were identified by the various major banks at the time, and countermarked with a number of 'official' punches reading "FALSCH." Especially when found on convincing fakes, these pieces can achieve dozens of times the value of the underlying type (they tend to be common types).</p><p><br /></p><p>British circulating counterfeits can be worth as much if not more than originals (although many are worth less). For instance, die struck, low silver content 1873 Florins are traceable back to a specific ring, and command substantial premiums. There are even some 1860s Half-Crowns of correct weight and content which are likely the product of a dip in silver prices whose status experts are still arguing over which achieve high prices indeed, regardless of their nature. Finally, there are both evasion and counterfeit coppers from the reigns of the Georges that can achieve many times the value of a 'regal' copper (particularly the Machin Mills counterfeits) - these are collected by type.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are Polish counterfeits of circulating coin and banknotes produced by the AK (Home Army) to destabilize the economy of the GG (German occupation government) during the Second World War, and these can be worth 100x or more the value of regular issues of the same type, and are actively collected by type.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many more examples, but these are the first that come to mind for me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="norantyki, post: 7700929, member: 118879"]There are many German States minor silver contemporary counterfeits (primarily Prussian) that were identified by the various major banks at the time, and countermarked with a number of 'official' punches reading "FALSCH." Especially when found on convincing fakes, these pieces can achieve dozens of times the value of the underlying type (they tend to be common types). British circulating counterfeits can be worth as much if not more than originals (although many are worth less). For instance, die struck, low silver content 1873 Florins are traceable back to a specific ring, and command substantial premiums. There are even some 1860s Half-Crowns of correct weight and content which are likely the product of a dip in silver prices whose status experts are still arguing over which achieve high prices indeed, regardless of their nature. Finally, there are both evasion and counterfeit coppers from the reigns of the Georges that can achieve many times the value of a 'regal' copper (particularly the Machin Mills counterfeits) - these are collected by type. There are Polish counterfeits of circulating coin and banknotes produced by the AK (Home Army) to destabilize the economy of the GG (German occupation government) during the Second World War, and these can be worth 100x or more the value of regular issues of the same type, and are actively collected by type. There are many more examples, but these are the first that come to mind for me.[/QUOTE]
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