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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gregg, post: 3129965, member: 90419&quot;]Jack,</p><p>I appreciate your informed response; however, I think these counterfeits are taking things to the next level.&nbsp; I think there are a couple of questions that need to further consideration - questions to which I&#039;d like to see answers.</p><p><br /></p><p>1: How can there be any &#039;new&#039; finds if coins that don&#039;t match known examples are considered fake?</p><p><br /></p><p>2: What good is provenance 100 years from now when fakes have been sitting in collections for decades?&nbsp; At best, provenance is only as good as the last story told and will be completely lost if a coin is re-slabbed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not bagging on your expertise; I&#039;m relatively new to the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, it seems to me that using the article above as a guide to improve tactics counterfeiters should be able to put together some fakes that would pass even an expert review.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have to employee an expert and a $500,000 MRI to authenticate a coin the whole hobby will be in the hands of the rich or those who collect pocket change.&nbsp; I don&#039;t see how we avoid that fate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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