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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 1302283, member: 4373&quot;]Once again, a contemporary counterfeit means that it was something made back in the old days - it may not be a modern counterfeit but it is still a counterfeit. Here&#039;s a couple of examples: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/996079.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/996080.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A genuine one would have looked something like this: </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/988510.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The real danger is, the usual diagnosis that one use to claim it&#039;s a counterfeit gets thrown out: </p><p><br /></p><p>Bad details</p><p>Poor edging</p><p>Magnetic</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t fit all of them. It might have a poorer design but one might think because they are &quot;worn&quot;, they must have circulated and hence genuine. Dangerous assumption. The only one item that they didn&#039;t pass is the weight test. Might not pass the SG test but that gets more technical. </p><p><br /></p><p>This here becomes a lot more difficult as the designs of Jiangnan coins for every year is quite different. I don&#039;t have a similar year and variety to compare to but you really need to know what you are collecting. I&#039;m still treading my way carefully on this - got burned a few times but I guess that&#039;s how some people learn.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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