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Message:: [QUOTE="Troodon, post: 26520049, member: 4626"]I hope we don't have to figure out the distinction between "real fakes" and "fake fakes" lol. I mean, yeah, there does seem to be a difference between counterfeits meant to fool coin collectors, and contemporary counterfeits meant to fool people at a time they were meant to just be spent.  Some of the latter have even fooled TPGs from time to time. One famous example I can think of is the "Micro O" Morgan dollars."  Interesting case, because 1899-O with "Micro O" is a genuine variety, but 1896-O, 1900-O, and 1902-O Micro O are counterfeits, believed to have been made in the 1940's, at a time when a silver dollar had less than a dollar's worth of silver in them, so it was worth counterfeiting them, not to fool collectors, but to be spent.  Oddly these counterfeits actually have too much silver in them, and are about 94% silver, and also have some lead in them.  PCGS at one time thought these were a legitimate variety until metallic testing them proved they were counterfeits.  Some people still collect these, because well, people will collect anything, and contemporary counterfeits can themselves be collectibles. <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1899-o-1-micro/87260" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1899-o-1-micro/87260" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1899-o-1-micro/87260</a>[/QUOTE]