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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 1301166, member: 4781&quot;]One other point to follow up on ...</p><p><br /></p><p>The question was asked, what is the difference between what I do and what some Chinese counterfeiters are doing ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of the differences :</p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese usually use cheap metal with no silver content for their &quot;silver&quot; dollar fakes.&nbsp;&nbsp; Their production cost is low enough that they could manufacture the coins, spend them at face value, and still make a profit (this is the traditional definition of counterfeiting).&nbsp;&nbsp; I only strike over existing coins of the same denomination, no metal is added or removed, and so the end result has exactly the same metallic content as the original.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese usually have low-quality engravings, and they produce both existing date and mint mark combinations, as well as non-existant (non sensical) dates &amp; mintmarks (&quot;1846-CC&quot; Seated Liberty Dollars, for example).&nbsp;&nbsp; When advertised for sale, they usually show an example coin with a &quot;COPY&quot; stamp, but this is a photo editing trick, and the coins delivered are usually not maked &quot;COPY&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; Often, these Chinese coins are sold with no mention of the fact that they are copies, even when the seller knows what they are (fraud).&nbsp;&nbsp; There are people in the US who have bought large quantities of these cheap fakes and then tried to re-sell them as genuine (fraud).&nbsp;&nbsp; I do not mark mine &quot;COPY&quot; either, but mine are altered genuine coins, make to look like dates that don&#039;t exist.&nbsp;&nbsp; I use high-quality accurate engravings.&nbsp;&nbsp; And mine are priced such that nobody buys large quantities of them, but they are widely publicized, so the collecting public knows what they are.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I improve my techniques, I will continue to provide the numismatic community with diagnostics on how to spot items produced in a similar matter.&nbsp;&nbsp; While I perform my activities in an open manner with full disclosure, there are true counterfeiters out there working to improve their &quot;craft&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; It has always been a race between the techniques of counterfeiters, and the ability of collectors and authenticators to spot them.&nbsp;&nbsp; By using the latest technologies, and showing collectors and authenticators the results of using such technology, I think they will be better able to spot actual counterfeits that may come along in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>And lastly, my over-struck coins are produced in the USA, using a surplus US Denver Mint coin press, by a person that designed coins for the US Mint (NY and RI state quarters).&nbsp;&nbsp; No Chinese maker can claim anything like that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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