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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1302146, member: 4373&quot;]It&#039;s very wrong to assume that because a coin has been in a collection for very long period of time, it&#039;s not a counterfeit. Contempory counterfeits have existed since day one of coins circulating. I do have two rather deceiving Kiangnan silver coins (20 cents size) that are counterfeit. Struck in probably nickel-copper alloy, they look quite deceiving and gives that silver ring noise but just 1g underweight which gave it away. </p><p><br /></p><p>First thing to check is to find out if the weight is around the technical specs - they can be +- 0.2 grams off but not too much. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s OK but it doesn&#039;t hurt to check the weight of the coin first.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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