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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MrOrange1970, post: 2645326, member: 80547&quot;]Key is to buy from someone you trust who will backup the coin. </p><p>I would never buy an expensive key date (i.e. Lincoln S VDB) without it being slabbed and certified (they will buy back if deemed inauthentic). </p><p>As for reference books, read the regular books first.&nbsp; Know the strike for the year, the color tendencies (e.g. S mint had an insanely low number of authentic&nbsp; red 1926 coins that year). </p><p>If you can see the red herrings early, you can weed out many fakes. </p><p>And don&#039;t discount the internet.&nbsp; Trade dollars are very suspect, just do some searches and our fellow coin nuts have probably posted pics of fakes. </p><p>Finally, Coin World and other publications have many articles that detail counterfeits and their characteristics.&nbsp; Reality is that if we can&#039;t trust the coins we buy, the hobby dies...and no one wants that![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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