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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;huntsman53, post: 623176, member: 1242&quot;]Hobo,</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand your thinking but the answer is very simple! A Counterfeiter will counterfeit a rare Silver or Gold coin using similar or higher purity Gold as they can always find an unwitting buyer for the coin, who will pay much more than the cost to produce it! If the Counterfeiter has only around $100 or less in the Gold in each of the Ducats but sells them for (let&#039;s say only) $500 each (which is generally less than half of what a genuine Hungarian Ducat from the same period is worth), then the Counterfeiter has made $400 (not considering the cost for the equipment, labor and supplies to produce the coin). Since these Counterfeiter will usually produce many counterfeits of these and other rare Gold coins in a run, then they can really make a killing! If a Counterfeiter produces 100 of these and makes $400 on each one, then $40,000 say every few weeks will quickly make up for the costs of the equipment, labor and supplies. Imagine, if this Counterfeiter produced the amount of fake coins that many Counterfeiters in Shanghai, China produce on any given day (which is usually a thousand or more) and sold each at a $400 profit! Now, that is quite an incentive to produce them with high grade Gold!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If they are counterfeit coins, then Yes! However, although we have a good indication that they are counterfeits, we don&#039;t know 100% for sure.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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