Dan Hughes
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Wanna be a counterfeiter? Here's how!
From making your own coins from scratch, or altering dates on real coins, or combining two real coins into a third coin, counterfeit coins have been around since the first coins were minted in 600 BC.
The latest instance of fakery centers around the 1883-S Morgan dollar. The photo shows how coins can have their faces shaved off, and then two halves are pressed together to make a "new" coin which is much more valuable than the two coins you started with.
Listen to the whole story at In the Corner with Dan Hughes.
