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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JPeace$, post: 2314027, member: 42727&quot;]Some very excellent points on both sides.&nbsp; I&#039;m still on the fence.&nbsp; I clearly understand the &quot;future harm&quot; scenario, as I believe it to be real concern.&nbsp; But, the mintages are so low, the impact would be low.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t help the few that do get fooled/taken by these pieces though.&nbsp; I also understand the fact that with a little research, you&#039;ll find these to be fantasy pieces.&nbsp; The 1964 fantasy Peace dollar is the most concerning to me since there we some actually struck in Denver.&nbsp; Whether they were all recaptured by the mint isn&#039;t 100% conclusive in my mind.&nbsp; Records show yes, but I question the accuracy and think it&#039;s possible the Denver Mint Director was doing a little CYA.&nbsp; But I digress.</p><p><br /></p><p>I own two DC fantasy pieces: 1965 Peace Dollar &amp; 1916 Barber Half (I also own a couple of his treasure cobs). They are both quite exquisite.&nbsp; Since these dates were never issued by the US Mint, I don&#039;t categorize them as counterfeit, but I recognize the confusion they will cause for non collectors/numismatists.&nbsp; If these truly are classified as counterfeit&#039;s, than why hasn&#039;t the government stepped in and shut it down?&nbsp; I would think any &quot;counterfeiting&quot; no matter how small would be of major concern to the secret service, mints, commerce department, treasury et al.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish he had included &quot;fantasy&quot; or &quot;DCopy&quot; somewhere discretely on these fantasy pieces.&nbsp; It could have been done well enough as not to jeopardize the beauty of the piece and protect the uneducated.&nbsp; Or he could have made a small change to the design so they could be easily distinguished from the originals (other than date).&nbsp; The question then becomes, had he done this, would they be as sought after?&nbsp; I suspect the answer is no.&nbsp; And that in itself leads to another question.&nbsp; Were these produced only to gain publicity for his work and thus improve his overall monetary bottom line, without consideration for the harmful impact to the hobby?&nbsp; I have no idea to the true motivation. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even after typing this, re-reading it, editing it, re-reading it, I&#039;m still torn.&nbsp; I&#039;m looking forward to reading more opinions in this thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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