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Message:: [QUOTE="satootoko, post: 31129, member: 669"]More accurately, GB TDs will continue to be subject to forgery. U.S., British and Japanese Trade Dollars, as well as Japanese Dragon Yen and other "silver dollar size" silver coins which circulated throughout Asia as bullion in the 19th and early 20th Century, were all the subject of contemporary counterfeiting; and they continue to be the subject of Chinese, Bulgarian, and other modern forgeries. Many fakes, especially castings, can be spotted by appearance in EBay and other auction site pictures; or by information on their weight and/or diameter; but it is absotively, posilutely impossible to be certain that a coin is authentic without an in-hand examination, an accurate scale, and an experienced eye. Don't ever buy such a coin that has not been authenticated by a top four TPG or affiliated service, unless <ul> <li>the seller has a full refund (including S/H) return policy</li> <li>you can verify that the policy is actually followed, and</li> <li>you are in contact with an expert who can check the coin.</li> </ul>When you see an offer of 20 Trade Dollars for $19.95 plus $20 s/h, as soon as you get up from rolling on the floor laughing, run, don't walk, to the nearest exit!  They are fakes.[/QUOTE]