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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1939635, member: 15929&quot;]Yeah. Like the word COPY Perhaps?</p><p><br /></p><p>About 6 or 7 years back, a fella acquired one of the replica US coins off of Gallery Mint or some place, filed the word COPY off then proceeded to list it on eBay. It actually attracted bids before it got shut down!</p><p><br /></p><p>Three lessons here:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Some people will bid on ANYTHING if they think they can squeeze a buck out of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Even following the HPA does not guarantee that some fool won&#039;t come along, alter the coin, and then sell it to some other fool.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. People REFUSE to do their homework because they know they can always cvry on someone&#039;s shoulder for the pity they do not deserve.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, where will these coin be in the future?</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s an easy one as there are several unauthorized restrikes that are sought after by collectors in the classic coin series. One was done in 1860 and since the collecting community wants them, PCGS will even grade them with the proper slab label.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like most of Dan&#039;s work. Some I do not care for.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not alone. And neither are the dissenters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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