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Message:: [QUOTE="Hobo, post: 421743, member: 11521"]In the September 2008 issue of World Coin News (front page) the rest of the article appears. To summarize:<ul> <li>The counterfeit dies were bought from a seller in China on an on-line auction (eBay?) along with an album containing 80 fake coins known as "Chinese Ackey". ("An ackey is a silver coin minted in England in the late 18th and the early 19th centuries and intended for use in parts of Africa, thus the use of the term here indicates a different application, possibly indicative of the coins' illegitimate status.")</li> <li>The counterfeiters appear to be using their dies until they are worn out. By selling the worn out dies the counterfeiter makes a little more money.</li> <li>PCGS is building a reference collection of counterfeit coins (of which these fake coins and dies will be a part).</li> <li>At the Long Beach Show you can see these counterfeit coins and dies on display at the PCGS booth #807. An educational exhibit of selected items from the PCGS Grading Set will be on display in Room 101-B.</li> </ul>[/QUOTE]