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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 940949, member: 26302&quot;]I have never bought a counterfeit on purpose, other than with groups the counterfeits came with. I have a small punch labelled &quot;copy&quot; that I punch any coin I KNOW is counterfeit. If I am unsure, I just label the tag as such.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Its a very slippery slope. I understand collectors wanting to be completionists, but you have to remember that even if YOU know its a forgery, now that it is produced the next owner may not. I was the only non US collector at a coin club, so therefor I was the &quot;expert&quot; in all non-US coins and always had coins brought to me. I must have had 100 ancient Jewish coins and 50 ancient Chinese coins brought to me for authentication, and not one of them were real. The original owners probably knew they were fakes, but the current owners thought they were real and many thought I was lying to them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bottom line, any new copies made after I believe 1978 are illegal if not stamped &quot;copy&quot; on them. Do yourselves and the hobby a favor and make sure any copies you own follow the law. If not, these copies from China may kill the hobby. It already has for a lot of Chinese collecting. Most people in China are afraid of buying coins there for fear of fakes. Do we want that to happen here?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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