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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Anokanite, post: 852779, member: 24464&quot;]The jewelery business is going through the same thing with treated gemstones. They are doing something about it. Robert James, leader of the International school of gemology has really led the fight. They have a forums board open to the public,</p><p>see what they did with anisine and the issues. See who he contacted and why. Just type in ISG. I&#039;m considering building on my old collection pennies, and now my dad&#039;s</p><p>silver not much but a start. But after reading about all the fakes I&#039;m having second thoughts. How do you tell? Do they weigh the same? sound the same? Are there other tests? Any that would work on e-bay.I think this must be dealt with swiftly and severely. A call to action! or this will destroy another sector of our economy, one that supports many of you.</p><p>I always heard that counterfeiting us currency was one of the most serious of crimes. If enough people make enough noise to the right places somebody will do something the place to start is E-bay and pay-pal.&nbsp; If we ripped China off on all that gold as the link on the last page stated, I imagine that they are more than a mite bit perturbed.</p><p>So going to the source will be tough and must be done diplomatically, not by pressure.&nbsp; But the real challenge is keeping them out of our country,</p><p>Maybe e-bay is not the biggest offender, those TV shows seemed to be the biggest offenders, while on the other side of the coin they started a lot of people collecting raw gemstones, a new niche many of whom kept going.</p><p>They say it&#039;s still 90% silver 10% copper. Is the silver as good? </p><p>The good news I can finally get that 1909 s vdb penny I&#039;ve been looking for a my whole life . But the bad news is, I no longer want it.</p><p>Good luck I&#039;ll help what I can, but you guys with good inventory have to grab the bull by the horns. Check out what the ISG did and who paid attention. And do more, find a list of American dealers selling them here that bought from China and make examples of them. It will make others think twice. sounds easy compared to gem stones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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