It used to be that you never uttered the C word or the F word in coin collecting; of course, those words would be counterfeit and fake, as in counterfeit and fake coins. Nowadays, many coin collectors use another term for these less-than-real coins that is a little more… ahem… politically correct, and that is “replica coins.”
Novelty coins, replica coins, copy coins… No matter what term you use, though (even if it is fake coins!), collecting coins that aren’t 100 percent mint made is becoming somewhat of a fascination for thousands of coin collectors.
From crudely struck counterfeit coins to masterfully altered varieties, there is no shortage of fake coins out there, and a growing number of people who are glad to collect them.
What’s happened in the last number of years to draw some coin collectors to embrace fake coins?
It’s an area of interest that largely grew out from coin collectors and some coin dealers who would keep fake coins so they could study them and become more knowledgeable about how to detect others.
In some cases, there are varieties of coins that once were considered to be authentic only to be later discovered as altered or fake.
Read more: Collecting Fake Coins – A New Facet Of Coin Collecting That’s Gaining Attention