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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 26062452, member: 77639&quot;]The main TPGs have slabbed various metal, non-coin objects.&nbsp; They claim only that the label is correct.&nbsp; Commonest non-coin objects are medals and tokens.&nbsp; There is a gray area like the nail that went through a coining press.&nbsp; TPGs won’t slab an object they consider nonauthentic.&nbsp;&nbsp; However, “nonauthentic” may not have the same meaning to them as “counterfeit”; it may be a broader term.</p><p><br /></p><p>An object that was made without government authorization and not in a government-sanctioned facility but has a high resemblance to a coin made or authorized by that government is a counterfeit.&nbsp;&nbsp; At some ill-defined point, the resemblance is not good enough to qualify the object as a counterfeit.&nbsp; For example, I have some 3-inch-wide coasters made to look like Indian head nickels complete with date and denomination.&nbsp; No one is going to call these counterfeits.&nbsp; OK, go ahead; prove me wrong and do it!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t know where Dan Carr objects fall on the spectrum.&nbsp; In part, this is due to my lack of intimate knowledge of Carr objects and because the definition of “coin” differs among individuals and institutions.&nbsp; The U.S. Mint must be well aware of Carr objects.&nbsp; The Mint and Dan Carr have tables at the same shows.&nbsp; Apparently, the U.S. government does not consider Carr objects as counterfeits or that it’s not worth the effort to stop their production.&nbsp; At this point, if they wanted it stopped, I think they would send a cease-and-desist notice and prosecute only if it was ignored.</p><p><br /></p><p>ANACS grades Carr objects and classifies them as tokens.&nbsp; However, if someone duplicates a Carr object and sends it for grading, it might be returned as “nonauthentic”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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