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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SteveCaruso, post: 2057671, member: 37497&quot;]I must admit that&#039;s a new one on me. I have yet to find anyone who makes a &quot;black cabinet excuse.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I honestly don&#039;t care if they&#039;re marked when I get them. My collection is thoroughly databased and documented for my own use and for the use of others, and my family is well aware of that legacy, so issues of posterity are well covered, and I&#039;ve begun etching my unmarked counterfeits with their Black Cabinet ID numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone&#039;s dealing in modern counterfeits and replicas, the issue is clear. There&#039;s no reason for them not to be marked. Virtually all of what I collect (and subsequently remove from circulation for good) however, are pieces that have already passed as genuine, not pieces that are purchased &quot;direct from China.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I must admit that a little part of me would die if I were forced to mar any of the classic, contemporary counterfeits (CCBHDs, Henning Nickels, 1900 Micro-O Morgans, Type 2 and 3 1804 silver dollars, etc.). Those have become &quot;genuine,&quot; valuable numismatic items of another stripe, and are a part of some of the odder chapters of our nation&#039;s history. There are even <i>counterfeit Henning Nickels</i> out there. Wrap your brain around that for a bit. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The law, as written, doesn&#039;t discriminate between moderns and contemporaries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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