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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 4151168, member: 73489&quot;]I wouldn&#039;t expect fake coins or slabs at a major auction or ANY auction...the experts there do appear good at catching that stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the LCS and dealer who goes to local shows and/or regional and national shows.&nbsp; There were over 500 dealers at FUN and I doubt they all screen as carefully as Heritage or Stacks or even GC.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I think many of us remember that decades ago the threat came from small-time weasels who lived amongs us and tried to slip some bad coins past us.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, you have sophisitcated operations with actual minting equipment mass-producing thousands of coins and using the cover of TPG slabs </p><p><br /></p><p>True, but the volume is higher today.&nbsp; Better counterfeits, too.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On this, I agree.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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