Warning: Counterfeit Silver Coinage out of China

[Professor Marvel]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Madames and Monsieurs, Frauen und Herren 

I am widely crossposting this for educational purposes and to alert the General Populace
of the widespread  Silver Coin counterfeiting going on, of which some of you may already be aware.

Many of us are familiar with so-called "trade dollar" replicas, etc which were
useful to our little game, (allowing us to carry period-correct coinage in our pockets at
a reasonable cost) but now we are seeing a wider reaching replication of
Morgan Silver Dollars and Mexican Silver pesos, and who knows what else.
These fake coins are showing up not only on evil-bay, but at gunshows, flea markets,
etc, and are very often packaged as and being passed-off as genuine silver coins.

Unfortunately, A silver coin is NO LONGER difficult to counterfeit, as we can see below there is a large-scale "replica coin" minting business in China. Whilst the manufacturer may claim they are only making "replicas", the details are identical to the originals, the detail involved is excellent, and these "replicas" are being passed off as "genuine" by unscrupulous sellers. Since the coinage is no longer in circulation, the "replicas" do not come under U.S. Federal counterfeit laws.

-rant-
We have long seen counterfeit and illegal "knock-off" items such as purses, shoes,
illegal copies of CD's and  movies, but this really takes the cake. When added to China's
history of deliberately adulterated food and pet products; poisoned, spoiled, or rotten
food, etc. this should make China's intentions abundantly clear.
-end rant-

http://coins.about.com/od/worldcoins/ig/Chinese-Counterfeiting-Ring/

yhs
prof Marvel

[GunClick Rick]

Wgat are the clad coins made of on tv all the time for 19.99 brass clad with gold?I don't see much difference.