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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2482221, member: 24314&quot;]I&#039;ll take that bet.&nbsp; I heard a story like this at an ANA Summer Seminar.&nbsp; The instructor, an authenticator with ANACS told us that to his knowledge, the last person to claim that he could have a perfect counterfeit made was Mr. Virgil &quot;Hancock.&quot; Sure enough, after a few months Virgil brought a counterfeit to ANACS.&nbsp; It was a beautiful PL specimen of a medal he had copied.&nbsp;&nbsp; Unfortunately, within five seconds using the stereo microscope, our instructor explained that the surface of the fake looked like swiss cheese!&nbsp; The fake piece was not deceptive at all.&nbsp; Bet over. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, Mr. Carr is heads above whomever made that fake; however, Carrs products do not even come close to US Mint quality of our vintage coins.&nbsp; I have a few of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, better yet.&nbsp; If DC would actually try to reproduce an item just to prove he can produce the relief, luster, and metal flow of a vintage coin, that should make a great experiment as even the US Mint - lets use the gold dime as an example - cannot produce a coin that comes close to a BU 1916 specimen when it is examined under magnification.&nbsp; That&#039;s a fact![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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