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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 4149107, member: 76863"]Sure things do get through from time to time as nothing is perfect, but seeing the lack of fake slabs at major auctions really kind of proves the point. The slabs aren't the big threat its the coins themselves. </p><p><br /></p><p>The hobby is going to be fine either way, but we have to stop crying wolf like there's some major threat because a bunch of awful fake slabs which are from MANY different companies are out there</p><p><br /></p><p>People that are going to fall for those awful ones would have fallen for awful raw fakes or doctored coins etc. eBay is no where near as bad as forums make it out to be, but it's also much easier for someone to learn what real slabs look like that pick out that fake half you posted. </p><p><br /></p><p>There's always going to be the small shops or show dealers cracking out AU coins to sell as MS, or trying to mix some fakes in. The slabs themselves wouldn't even crack the top 10 in terms of potential traps for someone who has no idea and is just assuming everyone is honest[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 4149107, member: 76863"]Sure things do get through from time to time as nothing is perfect, but seeing the lack of fake slabs at major auctions really kind of proves the point. The slabs aren't the big threat its the coins themselves. The hobby is going to be fine either way, but we have to stop crying wolf like there's some major threat because a bunch of awful fake slabs which are from MANY different companies are out there People that are going to fall for those awful ones would have fallen for awful raw fakes or doctored coins etc. eBay is no where near as bad as forums make it out to be, but it's also much easier for someone to learn what real slabs look like that pick out that fake half you posted. There's always going to be the small shops or show dealers cracking out AU coins to sell as MS, or trying to mix some fakes in. The slabs themselves wouldn't even crack the top 10 in terms of potential traps for someone who has no idea and is just assuming everyone is honest[/QUOTE]
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