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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;smokeriderdon, post: 1121463, member: 29602&quot;]Several things here. &quot;Real collectors&quot;???? I&#039;m sorry, I wasn&#039;t aware there was some set of rules and regulatons that determined wether or not someone is a &quot;real collector&quot; or not. Thats a completely bogus phrase and way of thinking. Restrikes and the like are perfectly fine in and of themselves. If you dont want to buy them then don&#039;t. Just keep the snobbishness to yourself and don&#039;t insult thos eof us that do like them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for them being sold as real. Anyone who goes into any kind of collecting and just buys something without making sure of its authenticity buys at their own risk. Their stupidity is just that; THEIR STUPIDITY. I would think that thos eof you that have such a problem with this practice would applaud PCGS and the other grading companies for grading these. Once graded as an overstrike coin it then can&#039;t be sold as something else now can it? If you stopped looking down your noses you might understand that.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Fakes plague collecting no matter what. I have been collecting fossils for a long time. Trust me when I tell you, there are more fakes in that hobby than anything aside from maybe Americana. If I bought a dinosaur skull as real and it was a cast (and the casts out there can fool a lot of people) then its my fault for not properly authenticating it. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Replicas and the like serve a purpose. I will likely never find a triceratops skull, but if I got the opportunity to purchase a replica at a reasonable price, I certainly would. Same thing applies if someone does an overstrike of an 1856 FE. I sure as hell will never own a real one, but I would buy an overstrike.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Gues that makes me a fake collector eh?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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