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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joe Magiera, post: 2156398, member: 74672&quot;]I have found a lot of information and pros &amp; cons and comparing the different independent third party coin grading services, but I can&#039;t find much info on independent third party coin authentication services.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Can anyone provide any information on companies that will do coin authentication?&nbsp; Or is authentication already included with grading services?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have a confederate penny that I&#039;d like to determine if it&#039;s real, restrike, fake, etc.&nbsp; I have found and read about the Robert Bashlow restrikes in 1961.&nbsp; I have taken this coin to two Chicago area dealers.&nbsp; One said it was fake, barely looking at it.&nbsp; I asked him how he could tell that in a matter of 3 seconds from just his naked eye, never closer than two feet away.&nbsp; He gave me a snotty reply that &quot;there is just no way you could have coin that rare&quot;.&nbsp; The other dealer gave it a real look and thought it could be restrike.&nbsp; He admitted that he didn&#039;t have experience with this particular coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So yes, I am fully prepared that it could be fake and worthless, but I would just like to know.&nbsp; I realize I would be paying a fee to find out that it&#039;s potentially not real and/or not worth anything.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Any advice anyone?&nbsp; Thanks,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Joe (joemagiera at ameritech dot net)</p><p><a href="mailto:joemagiera@ameritech.net">joemagiera@ameritech.net</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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