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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1464952, member: 15199&quot;]The first sample of any good counterfeit may make it through a TPG, because most are caught by comparisons with previous ones. Not the bad off weight, misspelled , off metal,obviously cast,etc. But if private minters in the US can make near perfect copies of a US coin, then don&#039;t sell the foreign minters short. Some of the Chinese minters are using old US Mint equipment just like the domestic minters. Modern milling equipment makes die manufacture easier each new version. </p><p>Knowledge and keeping up with newly discovered fakes is the best preventive, and the TPG and coin organizations are doing the best they can. I can&#039;t criticize their efforts. IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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