Market has been hit with China knockoffs

I have had mine for a long time so I think I am ok

You can go to sites like apmex.com and jmbullion.com to compare the sell prices for the same year and condition as yours. That will give you an idea of your maximum current value and know a price to individuals will be somewhere below those prices. Or somewhere between those site's sell prices and buy prices if published on the site. Make sure you make the distinction between BU and Proof, if they are graded, or if with box and coa, etc. as the prices can be significantly different. Yes there are very realistic chinese fakes and they have been dumped on the US for a very long time, but most stackers are going to have an ability to reasonably check them. That said I did have a fake get past me mixed in with real ones once. And another that I caught immediately. Because of that risk and because I resell in a storefront, if I am buying from an individual I personally rarely pay spot or above unless they are graded coins and less if it is in quantity. And I don't buy ungraded rare coins or years at all from individuals. So yes, the chinese knockoffs do effect the resell prices to individuals IMHO.

Meh.........I can drop a coin on the counter and tell if its fake or real

I did pick this up many years ago in Mogadishu, Somalia many years ago...I know its fake bet yet unique. The only souvenir I brought back from that chit hole vacation spot. It does have that very distinct silver "ping" to it. I use it as a golf ball marker now.