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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1302370, member: 26302&quot;]I would simply add to gx&#039;s great post that contemporary counterfeits most of the time are a different nature than most modern counterfeits. Contemporary ones, according to Hahn, were usually made of debased silver, not the white metal many if not most modern ones are. So, you can usually see silver surfaces with them. The nature of these counterfiets were to fool shopkeepers, who were not numismatists but were very used to worrying about fakes. Many shopkeepers had test to make sure a coin was silver, therefor most of these contemporary counterfeits were maybe 50% silver versus the usual alloy. This could be enough to fool a silver test, but still give enough profit to the forger.</p><p><br /></p><p>With a contemporary counterfeit, along with weight you have to check diameter, as many were slightly smaller than the originals.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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