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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chascat, post: 2986704, member: 76792&quot;]The Chinese imported many thousands of 50-Ds in the late 60s to early 70s.&nbsp; Q David bowers quotes this in his analogy of famous coin hoards.&nbsp; They were worth much more then than now, so the Chinese made a master die from a well struck 50-D.&nbsp; They then made working dies for striking the counterfeits.&nbsp; Yes, barrels full were imported and sold.&nbsp; The Mint officials could not distinguish real coins from the fakes.&nbsp; The fakes all have one thing in common...weak strikes.&nbsp; I don&#039;t even look twice at any 50-D with less than 4 full steps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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