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<p>[QUOTE="Daggarjon, post: 299586, member: 4230"]that is a cool looking site you got set up Stop Motion!</p><p><br /></p><p>i do have a question for you and your site... you have on there a device reffered to as a Spuriscope. I have never heard of this before. I did a little research and found them sold for anywheres of $40 up to $250 on ebay. One of the sites i came across called the device a hoax... here it is on the Heritage website: "Spuriscope Counterfeit Detector.</p><p>This is a Ruth Devices Spuriscope counterfeit detector that carries a patent date from 1939. This approximate 4.5 inch diameter plastic Spuriscope comes in its original box and with the original instruction sheet. The detector was effectively a hoax as it operated by dividing the serial number by six to ensure that it matched the plate number. This is a neat collateral item for the small size collector." at this link.... <a href="http://currency.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=37064&Lot_No=22054&src=pr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://currency.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=37064&Lot_No=22054&src=pr" rel="nofollow">http://currency.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=37064&Lot_No=22054&src=pr</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I only ask because i never heard of this before today! Is it for real? or was it a hoax that will always work? and as an after thought... what would the value of one of these devices run?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Daggarjon, post: 299586, member: 4230"]that is a cool looking site you got set up Stop Motion! i do have a question for you and your site... you have on there a device reffered to as a Spuriscope. I have never heard of this before. I did a little research and found them sold for anywheres of $40 up to $250 on ebay. One of the sites i came across called the device a hoax... here it is on the Heritage website: "Spuriscope Counterfeit Detector. This is a Ruth Devices Spuriscope counterfeit detector that carries a patent date from 1939. This approximate 4.5 inch diameter plastic Spuriscope comes in its original box and with the original instruction sheet. The detector was effectively a hoax as it operated by dividing the serial number by six to ensure that it matched the plate number. This is a neat collateral item for the small size collector." at this link.... [url]http://currency.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=37064&Lot_No=22054&src=pr[/url] I only ask because i never heard of this before today! Is it for real? or was it a hoax that will always work? and as an after thought... what would the value of one of these devices run?[/QUOTE]
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