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VGRX Valued Member United States 161 Posts	Posted 08/15/2012 10:41 am I've seen several fake coin threads but don't recall seeing any on proof coins. Do prrof coins require too much work to fake or are there fake proof coins out there as well? Report this Post to the Staff

muddler Pillar of the Community United States 7188 Posts	Posted 08/15/2012 10:49 am I've seen polished or even rainbow toned coins advertised as proof but I have not seen a counterfeit proof (that I know of). Report this Post to the Staff
Broken-Coin Pillar of the Community United States 1812 Posts	Posted 08/15/2012 11:10 am I agree with muddler, and to make a good counterfeit proof, one would need access to proof planchets and some high quality dies... The only person I know of that could produce such a coin would be created by Daniel Carr of the Moonlight Mint, where he produces fantasy overstrikes (on a genuine Mint press he purchased from the Mint as scrap), like the 1964D Peace dollar. Since Daniel only strikes fantasy coins that have not been minted by the U.S.Mint, thay cannot be labeled as counterfeits.. A google search will show you his quality of work... Report this Post to the Staff
Captain Morgan Pillar of the Community United States 620 Posts	Posted 08/15/2012 1:54 pm IMHO minting or casting a fake proof is just to difficult or to costly to be done on a scale big enough to make the crooks a profit. Most of the fake coins I have seen are what I call classic coins. A few years agi I did buy a pretty large lot of fakes. I wanted them to be able to compare a modern fake to the real coins. For the most part I bought type set coins. And one very rare Morgan dollar thats a fake but it is 90% Silver. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 08/15/2012 1:59 pm I have seen various "tribute" proof sets on ebay before with things like a tribute 1936 proof set, all proofs, all S mint with the mintmarks on the obverse like they are today. I'm sure there are others out there. I have also seen 1990 Prestige proof sets that have been opened and a 1990 business strike cent inserted then the holder reassembled and the set sold as containing the 1990 no S proof cent. Report this Post to the Staff
VGRX Valued Member United States 161 Posts	Posted 08/15/2012 2:42 pm http://www.moonlightmint.com/artifacts.htm Man this thing is awesome. I wonder what he paid for it? Report this Post to the Staff
Landude Valued Member United States 223 Posts	Posted 08/18/2012 11:43 am Now that was an interesting read... Report this Post to the Staff
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