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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 561099, member: 11521&quot;]The Chinese counterfeiters make dies from a number of coins, in this case Seated Dollars. When they make their counterfeit coins they grab an obverse die and a reverse die. These dies may do not necessarily go together. All the counterfeiters make sure of is they have one obverse die and one reverse die. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The counterfeiters most likely do not speak or read English and most likely do not own a Red Book. They probably have little desire to create a coin that accurately duplicates a genuine example. They probably do not know or care that are creating a coin that never existed by pairing a late reverse die with an early obverse die. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I own a fantasy Chinese counterfeit coin - an 1848-S Seated Dollar. Anyone with a Red Book should know (or be able to find out) that the San Francisco Mint did not exist before the Gold Rush (which started in 1849). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Knowledge is power. Use it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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