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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 622926, member: 11521&quot;]Frank,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What would be the motivation of a counterfeiter to counterfeit those coins?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If they are contemporary counterfeits (made contemporaneously to spend and to fool a merchant) the counterfeiter would make his money by shorting the amount of gold in the coins. Oftentimes a counterfeiter would make his contemporary counterfeit out of base metal (lead, copper, German silver, etc.) and either give it a gold plating or gold wash to give it the appearance of a gold coin. The amount of gold used to plate or wash the coin is usually negligible. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If they are modern counterfeits meant to fool the collector the counterfeiter would make his money from the supposed numismatic value of the coins (over and above the cost to produce them). If these are modern counterfeits they would likely have the correct gold content so as to lessen the chance that a collector would reject them. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Do you think these coins are contemporary counterfeits or counterfeits meant to fool a collector?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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