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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3208305, member: 66&quot;]The Lebanese fakes were typically full weight and often a little better in fineness.&nbsp; They could do it because the coins typically sold for a premium over the bullion value.&nbsp; And they had a ready market because being American coins people from the US could bring them back to the US without having them seized as being illegally imported gold under Roosevelt&#039;s Executive Order.&nbsp; Of course they could be seized as counterfeits, but the customs officials didn&#039;t have the knowledge to tell a real coin from a fake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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