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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2898569, member: 24314"]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I recommend any member wishing to know about how "<span style="color: #b300b3">most overrated US minted coins</span>" are made read Roger Burdette's book <i>From Mine to Mint.</i> The ANA also offers a correspondence course on the subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until tomorrow, I'll share some things I've learned in my classes:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b300b3">If something does not interest you, you <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> probably will not be very good at it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Trust no one <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and verify everything <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. It's good training. Now, whenever I examine a coin to buy, I'm looking for anything wrong with it! I cannot say for sure, but I'll bet that the professionals at the TPGS have targets on their backs. It's a big game called, "LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN GET PASS THEM." Same goes for a grading/authentication class. There is no such thing as "fair play." That's for sissies and <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for my OP, the class was shown the four slides I posted. The instructor explained how indistinct the designs were in the first one compared to the second. The entire class <b>assumed</b> that the bottom coin was a genuine specimen! Then he explained that both were fakes and how quickly (less than a decade) the quality of the fakes had improved. I hinted in my post that the instructor was a joker.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am also a joker. This is the second time I have posted comparison images on Coin Talk Forum using two counterfeit coins. I do not wish to embarrass anyone and you should not be. The TPGS look at actual coins, not photos. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Anyway, I took heat for it and that's OK as long as some of you learn from it. </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff00ff">BTW if any token collectors </span><span style="color: #000000">are reading this thread, i</span>n the past year or two, some deceptive counterfeit Civil War tokens have been seen in the numismatic marketplace. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2898569, member: 24314"]:yawn: I recommend any member wishing to know about how "[COLOR=#b300b3]most overrated US minted coins[/COLOR]" are made read Roger Burdette's book [I]From Mine to Mint.[/I] The ANA also offers a correspondence course on the subject. Until tomorrow, I'll share some things I've learned in my classes: [COLOR=#b300b3]If something does not interest you, you :bucktooth: probably will not be very good at it. :smuggrin:[/COLOR] Trust no one :troll: and verify everything :bookworm:. It's good training. Now, whenever I examine a coin to buy, I'm looking for anything wrong with it! I cannot say for sure, but I'll bet that the professionals at the TPGS have targets on their backs. It's a big game called, "LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN GET PASS THEM." Same goes for a grading/authentication class. There is no such thing as "fair play." That's for sissies and :bigtears::bigtears:. As for my OP, the class was shown the four slides I posted. The instructor explained how indistinct the designs were in the first one compared to the second. The entire class [B]assumed[/B] that the bottom coin was a genuine specimen! Then he explained that both were fakes and how quickly (less than a decade) the quality of the fakes had improved. I hinted in my post that the instructor was a joker. I am also a joker. This is the second time I have posted comparison images on Coin Talk Forum using two counterfeit coins. I do not wish to embarrass anyone and you should not be. The TPGS look at actual coins, not photos. :facepalm: Anyway, I took heat for it and that's OK as long as some of you learn from it. [COLOR=#ff00ff]BTW if any token collectors [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]are reading this thread, i[/COLOR]n the past year or two, some deceptive counterfeit Civil War tokens have been seen in the numismatic marketplace. ;)[/QUOTE]
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