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...why would anyone take the time to produce such a nice coin but not put the correct date on it.
I can't speak for these particular fake-makers, or for makers of counterfeit circulating coins. But the makers of fake/fantasy tourist dollars in China often put fake/fictitious/obviously wrong dates on their "coins" (like the Andrew and Fergie commemorative crowns with "1086" instead of "1986"). In this case, it's apparently an attempt to fool an amateur collector into thinking that the coin might be some kind of mint error and therefore valuable. This is certainly what some fake-merchants have been known to suggest if you point out the bogus dates to them.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
Posted 04/05/2017 3:50 pm
