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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ahearn, post: 854374, member: 18211&quot;]Coin collecting ain&#039;t what is used to be. It used to be a relaxing and pleasureable hobby but there are now so many risks, scams, fakes, and distractions that it makes it not even fun any more. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Unless we are collecting state quarters, there are so many ways to lose your money that it makes it too stressful to be fun now. There are auction misrepresentations/scams, high quality Chinese fakes, fake slabs, cleaned coins, modified coins, and more. I see buyers who are absolutely confident that they can spot any problem coin, and take great pride in their self-assessed abilities, but I wonder how many bad coins get past them and are in their collections.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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