In order to strike coins, you need coin dies, and the Chinese counterfeiters are making some fairly high-quality ones, as this photo indicates. Most of the dies shown here are of various American silver dollars, although I see a couple of Indian Head Cent dies and some foreign coin types.
An Assortment of Fake Coin Dies in China
From Susan Headley, About.com
A selection of dies is shown for striking fake coins in an illegal Chinese coin minting operation. Note the many U.S. coins being faked.
Photo courtesy of Jinghua Shei©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.
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