Lithuania Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Take a look: http://coins.about.com/od/worldcoins/ig/Ch...oin-Minting.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 This should be stuck in the Fake Coin Forum, but yes these fakes are coming at us a mile a minute from China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBobo Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 General MacArthur was right, we should have nuked those counterfeiting swines when we had the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpo Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 General MacArthur was right, we should have nuked those counterfeiting swines when we had the chance. Then we'd have Glow-in-the-Dark counterfeit coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Then we'd have Glow-in-the-Dark counterfeit coins. I'm half surprised they arn't struck on depleted uranium already lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiho Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 The Chinese counterfeiters are no better than terrorists in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokenchris Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Hi, interesting article about the fake Chinese made coins. When I was browsing recently on eBay I saw lots's of good quality of old US coins. I thought wow... who has kept them for all the years.... Now I know there the stuff comes from.... hahahaha.... China. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Hi, interesting article about the fake Chinese made coins. When I was browsing recently on eBay I saw lots's of good quality of old US coins. I thought wow... who has kept them for all the years.... Now I know there the stuff comes from.... hahahaha.... China. Chris Not all of it comes from China. In fact many nice coins on eBay are real...you just have to know what to look for. Familiarize yourself with these fakes and you should know what to bid on and what not to bid on. And also ask us, we are helpful for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Wish it was that simple, some of the best known auction houses and most knowledgeable dealers and collectors have been fooled by good fakes...by this I mainly mean ancients but I am sure a good enough fake of any coin can fool even the most knowledgeable collector, especially when buying them on the web before you can hold it in your hand. When I see experts divided as to whether a coin is real or fake and a conclusion cannot be drawn...thats what makes me go hmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 Wish it was that simple, some of the best known auction houses and most knowledgeable dealers and collectors have been fooled by good fakes...by this I mainly mean ancients but I am sure a good enough fake of any coin can fool even the most knowledgeable collector, especially when buying them on the web before you can hold it in your hand. When I see experts divided as to whether a coin is real or fake and a conclusion cannot be drawn...thats what makes me go hmmmm.... It's the same with Cob and 8 reale coinage.....like 35+% on eBay is fake and even some coins that have been deemed legit (Like the 8 reale of Charles and Joanna which is said to be "unique") seem to have brough much controversy with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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