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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JCro57, post: 4651205, member: 92083&quot;]Well, now that leads to another cool topic: Fake vs Altered vs Unauthorized.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me &quot;fake&quot; (a.k.a. counterfeit) means nothing about a coin is genuine. The planchet is fake, the dies are fake, and the striking process isn&#039;t done at the Mint which is depicted on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Altered&quot; means the coin has something genuine about it. For example, the planchet is genuine but the dies which struck it were fake. Or someone changed a number in the date or added a mintmark to a genuine coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Unauthorized&quot; means everything about the coin is genuine. The planchet was authorized by the Mint, it was struck by Mint-made dies, and made in the Mint facility indicated by the coin. The only issue is that the Mint did not officially approve its production and/or its release.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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