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Chinese-Made Fake Silver and Copper Coins

From , former About.com Guide

Chinese-Made Counterfeits

Counterfeit coins made by a major Chinese fake coin operation.

Photo courtesy of Jinghua Shei.
Here's a little bit closer look at the coins in the many counterfeit coins this Chinese minting operation has struck. Most of them are silver-colored (although probably not made of real silver,) and a few of them are made of copper. Those boxes don't look very sturdy (remember, coins are quite heavy in these quantities, even fake ones,) yet my source tells me the coins are transported to coin shows in these cases. Of course, you won't see these boxes on the coin show trading floor! This sort of quantity is the type of deal done behind closed doors in private hotel rooms, but even there I doubt a buyer would see anything but the coins themselves.

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