Sure, go ahead and trust the Chinese.
“Brian Silliman, ..has been to China and seen the counterfeiting operations there.”
““There’s a reliable supply of bogus coins coming from China into the U.S., ..”said Brad Karoleff, a veteran coin dealer”
“Glitters, but Not Gold: Fake Gold and Silver Coins ‘Flooding’ Market”
Collecting these kinds of coins has pretty much been made Impossible by the Chinese flooding the US market with Fakes.