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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 2189152, member: 73165&quot;]I disagree that revealing the diagnostics is a bad thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Numismatic-Forgery-Charles-M-Larson/dp/0974237124" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Numismatic-Forgery-Charles-M-Larson/dp/0974237124" rel="nofollow">$20 book</a> available that tells any counterfeiter with a machine shop and some jeweler&#039;s tools how to produce deceptive counterfeits and what diagnostics to look for in lower-quality fakes.&nbsp; On top of that, there are probably 10&#039;s of thousands of pages of material available online already.&nbsp; Adding to it by discussing this piece in public benefits us (collectors) more than it benefits them (counterfeiters).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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