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<p>[QUOTE="dcarr, post: 1301166, member: 4781"]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 "silver" dollar fakes. 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). 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 & mintmarks ("1846-CC" Seated Liberty Dollars, for example). When advertised for sale, they usually show an example coin with a "COPY" stamp, but this is a photo editing trick, and the coins delivered are usually not maked "COPY". 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). 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). I do not mark mine "COPY" either, but mine are altered genuine coins, make to look like dates that don't exist. I use high-quality accurate engravings. 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. While I perform my activities in an open manner with full disclosure, there are true counterfeiters out there working to improve their "craft". It has always been a race between the techniques of counterfeiters, and the ability of collectors and authenticators to spot them. 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). No Chinese maker can claim anything like that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dcarr, post: 1301166, member: 4781"]One other point to follow up on ... The question was asked, what is the difference between what I do and what some Chinese counterfeiters are doing ? Here are some of the differences : The Chinese usually use cheap metal with no silver content for their "silver" dollar fakes. 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). 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. 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 & mintmarks ("1846-CC" Seated Liberty Dollars, for example). When advertised for sale, they usually show an example coin with a "COPY" stamp, but this is a photo editing trick, and the coins delivered are usually not maked "COPY". 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). 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). I do not mark mine "COPY" either, but mine are altered genuine coins, make to look like dates that don't exist. I use high-quality accurate engravings. 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. 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. While I perform my activities in an open manner with full disclosure, there are true counterfeiters out there working to improve their "craft". It has always been a race between the techniques of counterfeiters, and the ability of collectors and authenticators to spot them. 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. 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). No Chinese maker can claim anything like that.[/QUOTE]
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