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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1229315, member: 66&quot;]I don&#039;t see it as a danger in the early or middle dates.&nbsp; I can&#039;t remember the last time a piece turned up with both a new obv and reverse.&nbsp; Late dates is a possibility.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think a new half cent die has been discovered since I started collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually they tend to make one hub and grind the date off.&nbsp; Then they make several dateless obv dies and put in what ever date they want.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can find a lot of fake half cents and middle date large cents made like that on ebay.</p><p><br /></p><p>You probably don&#039;t see the EARLY copper because the die are too individualistic and the series are too well studied.&nbsp; A fake of that type would be spotted instantly.&nbsp; While the silver is well studied their aren&#039;t as many specialist collectors to spot them and raise the alarm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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