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<p>[QUOTE="jello, post: 2106279, member: 10328"]Ideal coins was a company that made copy coins in 1960 . Albany coin in Albany NY was the owners of this upstate New York and sold exactly to weigh and size metal to. They didn't make Gold copies. But did make 90% silver copper and bronze Wheat cents and large cents copies that could fool the best . As there was no rule in place that made them mark coin as copy til ANA made government do this 1970 </p><p>I am sure that some people have gotten them and not known.China fakes are out there plus Ideal coins American made copies. If you have a comics book collection there could be a ads on back page for 1909-S Lincoln Wheat cent this where they came from. For 10 years they made copies and today you can still find them being sold. So key dates buy a graded one even if has genuine in grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jello, post: 2106279, member: 10328"]Ideal coins was a company that made copy coins in 1960 . Albany coin in Albany NY was the owners of this upstate New York and sold exactly to weigh and size metal to. They didn't make Gold copies. But did make 90% silver copper and bronze Wheat cents and large cents copies that could fool the best . As there was no rule in place that made them mark coin as copy til ANA made government do this 1970 I am sure that some people have gotten them and not known.China fakes are out there plus Ideal coins American made copies. If you have a comics book collection there could be a ads on back page for 1909-S Lincoln Wheat cent this where they came from. For 10 years they made copies and today you can still find them being sold. So key dates buy a graded one even if has genuine in grade.[/QUOTE]
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