Posted 06/01/2011 6:49 pm
"Fantasies" are similar to counterfeits in that they claim to be real coins but they are not. However, while a "counterfeit" is a copy of a real coin, a "fantasy" is a coin for which no genuine "original" coin exists with that design - the design is purely fictitious, struck long after the date stamped on the coin or implied.
A classic example is the "fantasy pattern crown" series of Edward VIII. Edward VIII ruled for such a brief period in 1936 that no genuine coins bearing his portrait were ever issued. To fill this perceived gap, people have been making fantasy coins with his portrait on since the 1950s. A very large series of "crowns" was struck in 1983 in the name of every country that was in the British Empire in 1936.
Canadian fantasies are treated like any other counterfeit coin in Canada: they're illegal. Canadians generally don't seem to like them, as evidenced by this thread. The Canadians have successfully lobbied to get Canadian fantasies pulled off of ebay.
Another class of "fantasies" are coins from fictitious or made-up countries. You can even get fantasy coins from Middle Earth, the Klingons, Harry Potter and other worlds of fiction in popular culture.
A classic example is the "fantasy pattern crown" series of Edward VIII. Edward VIII ruled for such a brief period in 1936 that no genuine coins bearing his portrait were ever issued. To fill this perceived gap, people have been making fantasy coins with his portrait on since the 1950s. A very large series of "crowns" was struck in 1983 in the name of every country that was in the British Empire in 1936.
Canadian fantasies are treated like any other counterfeit coin in Canada: they're illegal. Canadians generally don't seem to like them, as evidenced by this thread. The Canadians have successfully lobbied to get Canadian fantasies pulled off of ebay.
Another class of "fantasies" are coins from fictitious or made-up countries. You can even get fantasy coins from Middle Earth, the Klingons, Harry Potter and other worlds of fiction in popular culture.
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