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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 56928, member: 112"]I don't take your comments to be rude at all. Quite the contrary - most of the time I am reluctant to say that the coin is probably fake for fear of offending the person asking the question. But with a coin like a '93-S Morgan - one of the two great rarities of the Morgan dollars - would I not be doing the questioner a greater disservice by not mentioning the possibility ? My goal here is to share with others what knowledge I have gained about coins in the past 45 yrs. of collecting them and studying them. So when someone asks a question - I do my best to answer it. Am I wrong sometimes ? You bet I am - too many times. But when I am, I admit it - stick my foot in my mouth and move on - trying not to make the same mistake again. That's about all any of us can do. But you throw up a pic of a '79-S or an '85-CC and ask what the grade is and what it's worth - and I'll give you my opinion. Don't think I've ever said that one of those was fake though. But that's because they usually aren't fake. It's certainly possible they could be fake - it's just not probable. But a '93-S Morgan - because of the value, extra care is needed. Now you asked a valid question as to whether or not I've ever been burned and bought a counterfeit or fake coin. To the best of my knowledge - no I have not. But then I take great care when I buy coins. Not everybody does.[/QUOTE]