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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 4239406, member: 112&quot;]This is an example of what I was talking about in my 1st post in this thread when I said there would be many different answers. What I didn&#039;t expand on at the time was why there would be. And the answer to the why is because many individuals have their own personal definitions for any given word. </p><p><br /></p><p>For example, a fantasy piece. To me the only kind of coin that qualifies as even being a fantasy piece, that can be defined as being a fantasy coin, is a coin that looks like or resembles a genuine coin, but is a coin that has never existed to begin with. In other words there had never been a genuine coin minted with that specific date, that specific mint mark, that specific legend, etc etc. Only then can that coin be called a fantasy coin. That&#039;s because a fantasy is by definition something that has never existed. And if it has never existed then it cannot be a counterfeit. </p><p><br /></p><p>So I agree with you on one point, a fantasy coin is not a counterfeit. But I suspect our definitions of what is and what is not a fantasy coin differ.</p><p><br /></p><p>But what I was talking about in my comment quoted above are additional examples, of genuine coins that really did exist, but were minted without any official authority to mint them. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m trying to do two things here, define a genuine coin as being one made from genuine planchets, with genuine dies, by the original mint, and authorized by the powers that be. </p><p><br /></p><p>Take any one of those things out and the coin is not genuine. And if coin is not genuine it is by definition a counterfeit.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said, it&#039;s all about definitions, what words mean to me, and what they mean to you. Your definitions are apparently different than mine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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