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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 2185951, member: 22331&quot;]You needn&#039;t try to prove that the coin isn&#039;t authentic on this site, as I&#039;ve owned a 90% Silver &quot;set&quot; of Morgan and other U.S. Silver/Gold keys/semi-keys &quot;replicas&quot; that have been acquired from various sources over approximately a decade. I&#039;ve posted objective information on this site, to generally receive comments that these &quot;replicas&quot; can be easily detected. Generally, Fools are immune to truths, and discount evidence of same.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins I acquired were encapsulated by myself, upon delivery, after determining correctness of the key parameters for &quot;copy&quot; detection. The encapsulations have been engraved &quot;copy&quot;. Some of these coins have been passed amongst qualified collectors of the respective coin series to receive objective feedback. Objective viewing feedback hasn&#039;t disclosed any similar pattern for detection. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the elite specimens were submitted to &quot;Premier&quot; TPG for grading, and were not authenticated as counterfeit.</p><p><br /></p><p>My average cost was relatively somewhat greater than yours, but as believed for any product of quality distinction, &quot;you get what you pay for&quot;. I believe that&#039;s the reason many &quot;thrifty&quot; individuals tout/proclaim ease of identification. They probably wouldn&#039;t invest to advance their education towards &quot;copy&quot; identification. They&#039;ve probably only examined &quot;inexpensive&quot; specimens, and haven&#039;t yet viewed quality &quot;replicas&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>My observation/conclusion towards the quality specimens is that they&#039;re too perfect, not having enough &quot;common denominator&quot; faults that would be observed on comparably TPG certified specimens.</p><p><br /></p><p>My opinion towards generation of foreign produced &quot;quality&quot; replicas is that which I&#039;ve experienced in first hand interaction with foreign scientists, that they don&#039;t intend to &quot;copy&quot; a deficient product. They desire authenticity without faults, as they recognize Americans generally desire economical quality products. I believe this has resulted in Americans generally buying O.U.S. products. It&#039;s well documented that there&#039;s little of what we purchase that is entirely &quot;Made In America&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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