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Message:: [QUOTE="Treashunt, post: 285308, member: 6763"]sarah:   I'm not a real dealer, but I have sold some coins.In order of your questions:  First:  no specific laws that I am aware of, except for the fact that some states charge sales tax on sales.  2: Yes, for certain rarities there is a provenance attached to the coins. Some TPG'ers (Third Party Graders, who 'slab' (encase & grade a coin) will notate the coin's history. 3: Not as a dealer, but as a collector, I have seen fakes in dealers' showcases. I do happen to own the world's worse 1901 S Barber quarter fake. It is so bad that it can be seen with the naked eye. Someone took a regular date and changed the last digit to a one. I love it! If it were genuine it would be worth about $6000.  One dealer had a fake 1896 S and 1913 S Barber quarters in his showcase. A collector bought them and sent them to a TPG'er and had them returned as 'added mintmarks'.  The grading service saved him many thousands of dollars, they were both high grades. Best fake: I  guess the above 1896 S and 1913 S quarters. Along with a 1923 S Standing Liberty quarter that I currently own. Date was changed from a 1928 S. Really neat.Worst: the 1901 S that I described above. Good luck.[/QUOTE]