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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 1421339, member: 15199&quot;]Actually the coin scumbags are less problems than the gem stone scumbags on ebay. The worst offenders are from Thailand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Brazil, etc. The stiones may be filled with oil, melted lead glass, irradiated in &quot;hot&quot; nuclear facilities, have fake &quot;TPG&quot; or self produced ones, heated, even synthetics that Russia produces with slight defects that makes them appear as real natural stones when cut. In the US, the GIA is like PCGS and NGC, but without the paper, all bets are off. If ebay could eliminate the scumbags in this area, there would only be a few dealers there. I wish they would make it a requirement to have a GIA level cert when listing, but meanwhile, study, study, study , and buy good equipment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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