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Message:: [QUOTE="Insider, post: 3842203, member: 24314"]I was at the ANS's Certification Service in DC when this coin was sent in THE FIRST TIME.  I was one of the authenticators <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> who sent the coin out as genuine BECAUSE: Inattention?  We commonly received what I will refer to as "worthless" coins (like parking lot damage and modern pocket change) to certify.  The coin was logged in, weighed, and both sides were photographed.  Somehow, both Hoskins and myself failed to notice the coin was something "different" rather than a common coin - a "mule!"  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> End of story.  Several weeks later when a newspaper reporter called Hoskins to ask how many of these we had certified... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />  Hoskins got the owner to return the coin for reexam but the Photo Certificate of Authenticity was not returned.   The coin was taken to the Mint lab where it was determined to be a struck counterfeit.[/QUOTE]