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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 3259995, member: 82549&quot;]Sorry if my question offended you. While there are some professionals who follow this group, along with some very learned non-professionals, most of us are just hobbyists. I was surprised that A) you, a professional numismatist, would ask a group of mostly hobbyists if a coin was fake or not, and B) that you would agree so readily that the coin was a &quot;childish&quot; fake after just one opinion for someone who admittedly is not an expert (although very knowledgeable).</p><p><br /></p><p>You have to understand that we often get questions like yours from unscrupulous dealers or counterfeiters who want to assess the likelihood of a known fake coin passing for legitimate. Fakes are one of the banes of this hobby, and most of us are very leery of providing any advice that might aid makers and/or sellers of fakes. I am sure that you share our reluctance to do so, too, so I hope you can understand why I asked the follow-up question.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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