 The following pages show pieces which were thought to be genuine patterns or trial pieces at one time but are now known to be fakes, modern reproductions or other private, non-Mint authorized products. It also includes tokens and the like which are copies of some designs. Regrettably, there has been a flood of copies created for many patterns in the last few years which have been offered on Ebay. It is important to note that electrotype and cast copies have existed for the 1792 patterns since the early 1860s. |
