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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 38263, member: 57463&quot;]Counterfeit anything fails on several grounds, by necessity.&nbsp; It is not accidental or circumstantial or coincidental.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Counterfeits are not internally consistent.</p><p>2.&nbsp; Counterfeits do not conform to known data.</p><p><br /></p><p>This applies, for instance, to incorrect ideas in chemistry or mathematics.&nbsp; As I said, it has to be this way by reality.&nbsp; In terms of numismatics, your theory that there may be an unlisted die variety for which a counterfeit could be mistaken demands proof.&nbsp; Can you show an example of this?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that it cuts both ways: you are entitled to your opinions and being entitled to them does not make you right.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for not changing, actually, my opinion on this has changed.&nbsp; When I was a newbie and collected everything, I collected fakes, too.&nbsp; <b>The coins I destroyed at the ANA in Pittsburgh were coins from my own collection.&nbsp; </b> However, a couple of years ago, a light went on.&nbsp; Since then, the evidence has been easier and easier to find to condemn the collecting of counterfeits.&nbsp; Yes, it is true that there are the Bungtown Coppers and the Roman Fourees.&nbsp; An assortment of exceptions does not make a rule.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Have you ever seen <i>The Maltese Falcon</i>?&nbsp; At the end of the movie, the dame wants Sam Spade to fake it, to pretend that he does not know that she killed Miles Archer.&nbsp; Spade will not help her fake reality. <b> &quot;It&#039;s bad for business. Bad for everyone. Bad all the way around.&quot;</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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