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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NOS, post: 1280828, member: 2098&quot;]For one, the Chinese sellers that I bought from stated in their auctions that all coins are stamped with &quot;replica&quot; or &quot;copy&quot; on them. I am not knowingly importing non-complying coins as I have no way of knowing until after I have received the package and opened them that they do not contain &quot;replica&quot; or &quot;copy&quot; on them. I assumed that they wouldn&#039;t but the sellers clearly stated that they <u>would</u> be marked as such. Hence my hands are clean of what you are stating about being in compliance of this outdated HPA. Furthermore, they are strictly for my personal use so it is frankly no one&#039;s business if they are now in compliance or not and I couldn&#039;t really care less if they are.</p><p><br /></p><p>What other people do with their replicas is none of my concern as pertains to me buying replicas for my personal collection. Who says you have to carry them around for a year in your pocket? A frequent issue that I had with buying Chinese replicas is that they arrived too new and shiny. I solved that problem by practicing with certain kinds of grit in my rock tumbler. That aged them right up, although not always perfectly, but as a whole it worked for me. The last time I bought Chinese replica coins was nearly 3 years ago and I will never sell or give them away to anyone due to ethical reasons you have stated. I respect the Chinese replica coin makers, they are independent thinkers and couldn&#039;t care less about antiquated rules or laws in other countries and have made otherwise unaffordable coins affordable to the common man which in turn works out for the greater good of the majority of all collector&#039;s out there. The only one&#039;s to be potentially impacted are the elite and super wealthy collectors so if their collection values drop 1% because of replicas then I believe they will be able to accept the loss in stride.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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