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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 24552, member: 1101&quot;]I have a small collection of these Sacky forgeries, made in Columbia for use in Ecuador.&nbsp; The first one I bought was quite good, but not perfect.&nbsp; Others I have since bought are of varying quality.&nbsp; The interesting part is that while I can identify some different “die varieties”, I can also confirm that two of them are from the same die.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one missing part is the clad layer on the edge.&nbsp; But, on a couple they got around this by painting a thin black stripe around the edge.&nbsp; It is meant to mimic the copper core when it gets darkened in circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a series of fake one peso cons from Argentina.&nbsp; They range from poor to good quality, with some made from copy dies, and some made from totally new dies with a different type style than the original.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>South Africa also had a major problem with fake 5 rand coins, and even real amateurs were able to turn out good copies. This is because those coins have a large margin of blank planchet around the obverse and reverse designs.&nbsp; So, the whole planchet does not get struck, just the area in the middle.&nbsp; This eliminates issues with edge design, rims, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When the will is there to make an (almost) exact counterfeit, it is possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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