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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks......and check the copy write thing or mayby someone can chime in if its NOT OK......Gene
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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However one member stated(and I have heard it before)
there's some kind of copy write or something about permission to post pictures of them? Somone above suggested the US govt. should copyright their coins. I have no idea what good thing that could accomplish. The real ones aren't copyrighted, and neither are the fakes. |
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United States
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It's not just coins, the Chinese counterfeit everything from ladies handbags to ink pens. It's a huge PITA for the companies that actually make the items being faked.
The PRC government doesn't give a rip. As long as it brings money into the country, they don't care about the markets they flood with cheap shoddy junk, fake items or even items that harm the health of the user.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's not just coins, the Chinese counterfeit everything from ladies handbags to ink pens. It's a huge PITA for the companies that actually make the items being faked.
The PRC government doesn't give a rip. As long as it brings money into the country, they don't care about the markets they flood with cheap shoddy junk, fake items or even items that harm the health of the user.
I'm really having a tuff time remembering the correct spelling of Duracell. Not sure anymore if that is right. I've seen Dinocell, Dinocil, Duracil, Duricell and many more. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1523 Posts |
They even counterfeit toothpaste as happened a couple of years ago with the poison Colgate.
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United States
372 Posts |
ebay is littered with countless fakes from China. They outlawed the fake rolexes and other stuff being openly sold on the site a handful of years ago, but as a sword collector there are hundreds of fake antique swords coming from there too. Usually they have low "buy it now" prices, some only a dollar, and hundred dollar shipping charges. I don't know why people think they are getting a good deal but I have now seen people in the US that probably bought them second hand thinking they were real. heck, there are fake medals of honor coming from there too. There isn't anything that can be done about it. The only way to stop it is to punish the buyers.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ebay is littered with countless fakes from China. That's not the only place littered with fakes. I buy various antiques/collectibles from antique malls to resell. In every one of these places I go I see fakes; most are identical down to the makers marks. That's only counting the types of items I know about. I'm sure there are plenty I'm not expert enough to spot. |
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Canada
693 Posts |
Canada was able to stem the tide of Counterfeit coins coming from China via ebay. I find it amazing that the USA does nothing. It is your Hobby....not the politicians or Law enforcements. Chatting here in what if's and why not's will get nothing done. Just a thought. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think fake coins are annoying and a big problem with coin collecting, but this is really the least of the worlds problems. While in Thailand and Indonesia you could buy all kinds of counterfeit clothing; Nike, Puma, Billabong, Holister, etc. All fake items sold for a fraction of the price.
Even in India they have laws that they can make perscription drugs with the exact same ingregients as pattented drugs; they just have to make them a different way, a different process...
With issues like these going on, I think stopping counterfeit coins will never stop.
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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It isn't the maker's of fakes that's hard to stop.... it's those who are buying that is.
remember the fake baby milk powder in the news, from one china manufacturer year 2008? Everybody stopped buying and that stopped that fake milk powder immediately. Nobody else followed because the profits, and buyers, just wasnt there
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Valued Member
United States
393 Posts |
On the baby milk fiasco, that was promptly handled by everyone; US govt., Chinese govt., importers/exporters. Swift execution of the perpetrators helped a lot. Had the trials taken place here, they wouldn't have taken place yet. It would be the typical delays, motions, high-profile lawyers, you get the drift.
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United States
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Yeah, unfortunately the fakes are getting VERY good. Just this weekend at a coin show, I was shown an 09SVDb cent that was nearly perfect. MM, initials, patina, MM positioning all perfect. The weight, however, was off. I almost wanted to buy it just to have such a "good" fake. Of course, it was not marked as such...making me more apt to buy slabbed!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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In some instances the fakes are really funny. For example someone at a coin show showed me a Morgan dollar with an 1875 date on it. It really looked real to me. I'm waiting for the Chinese to start making Lincoln Cents with dates in the 1800's though. At flea markets lately I've seen many knives with Swastics on them and it says on the blade China. Some time ago I purchased an ORIGINAL Black Forest Hunting Knife and on the blade is had Japan on it. It will never end with coins now that the hobby is as big as it is. |
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