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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1750968, member: 66"]Like the two that got stuck with these fakes.</p><p> </p><p>And it is true that the trusted and respected dealers will always refund your money if the coin turns out to be counterfeit, even many years later Of course if you have 20 years of price increases for that coin that you were counting on, they won't be reimbursed for that, just the original 20 year old purchase price.</p><p> </p><p>I agree with Mike, your best bet is to learn to authenticate and grade yourself and buy within your comfort level. If you do buy outside your comfort level try to make sure your seller is within HIS comfort level. It won't be perfect, but it will be better than just trusting a label. (Which is how these experienced dealers got stuck. They trusted the label without looking at the coin. The coin was laughable.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1750968, member: 66"]Like the two that got stuck with these fakes. And it is true that the trusted and respected dealers will always refund your money if the coin turns out to be counterfeit, even many years later Of course if you have 20 years of price increases for that coin that you were counting on, they won't be reimbursed for that, just the original 20 year old purchase price. I agree with Mike, your best bet is to learn to authenticate and grade yourself and buy within your comfort level. If you do buy outside your comfort level try to make sure your seller is within HIS comfort level. It won't be perfect, but it will be better than just trusting a label. (Which is how these experienced dealers got stuck. They trusted the label without looking at the coin. The coin was laughable.)[/QUOTE]
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