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Message:: [QUOTE="DMPL_dingo, post: 2189776, member: 75000"]I agree %100. The ludicrous thing is that its way easier to detect a fake Gucci or Coach bag than a counterfeit silver dollar - WHICH IS STILL LEGAL TENDER in the U.S and thus far more serious of an intrusion! Designer bags are a great analogy —the stitching, the spacing between the seams, the quality of the leather, the elasticity, the feel of the zipper, the S/N, etc…- the more salient the discrepancies are to the average consumer, the harder it should be, in theory, to fake. But that’s not the case…anymore. In my limited and humble opinion, it’s both a combination of consumer ignorance and advances in the counterfeiting market. The Chinese are STRIKING these coins now, with high quality replica die. They are NOT casting them. This makes detection, even by TPG services, extremely difficult, assuming the same composition (%90 silver, %10 copper alloy) is used. Once the hurdle of perfecting the die is overcome, there’s little that can be done. I mean, it’s not like one can carbon date them! (atleast, I’d think not…).[/QUOTE]