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<p>[QUOTE="chrisbauman, post: 292912, member: 9097"]<b>True, and from what I understand</b></p><p><br /></p><p>the 1909-s vdb is quite prevalent when if comes to fraudulent coins. I peronally know someone that bought one and got stuck with a fake. I have spoken to a reknowned error specialist about this possibility and he thought it would actually be quite difficult for someone to fake a double struck without it being pretty noticable, but yes it iis possible just like it is possible with any other type of coin. The US Mint has issued a statement that anyone caught faking a presidential dollar will be referred to the secret service for prosecution under federal laws and I think someone would have to be pretty bold to attempt something like this since the punishment is right up there with counterfieting US currency, so I realize the possiblity exists, but I'm not too concerned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisbauman, post: 292912, member: 9097"][b]True, and from what I understand[/b] the 1909-s vdb is quite prevalent when if comes to fraudulent coins. I peronally know someone that bought one and got stuck with a fake. I have spoken to a reknowned error specialist about this possibility and he thought it would actually be quite difficult for someone to fake a double struck without it being pretty noticable, but yes it iis possible just like it is possible with any other type of coin. The US Mint has issued a statement that anyone caught faking a presidential dollar will be referred to the secret service for prosecution under federal laws and I think someone would have to be pretty bold to attempt something like this since the punishment is right up there with counterfieting US currency, so I realize the possiblity exists, but I'm not too concerned.[/QUOTE]
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