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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 24831201, member: 24314&quot;]KSorbo, posted: &quot;If a chop made the coin more likely to be accepted in commerce, why wouldn’t they add a fake chop?&nbsp; <font size="5"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>Weren’t chops intended as a mark of authenticity?</b></span><span style="color: #000000">&quot;</span></font></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000">YES</span><span style="color: #000000">.&nbsp; I know counterfeiters are putting fake chops on fake coins so they will pass better as genuine or be attractive to collectors but I didn&#039;t know this practice was popular in the 19th Century.&nbsp; </span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">Thanks, now I understand.&nbsp; When the coins were contemporary, someone took an unchopped genuine Trade dollar and put a fake chop mark on it to let people know it was genuine.&nbsp; Or someone took a genuine Trade dollar that was already chopped with genuine chops and added a fake chop.&nbsp; None of this makes sense but I guess it could happen.&nbsp; Now you have my attention.&nbsp; Where did you hear/read about this.&nbsp; </span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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