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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 4841656, member: 26302"]Decades ago I bought a small stamp with the word COPY. I take a small hammer and place that on any fakes I come into ownership of, (group lots, etc). I have seen others use permanent sharpies. Neither may be perfect, but it makes me feel better about trying to stamp them out. </p><p><br /></p><p>To be fair, I do have a "grey box". Coins I am not positive about, but have suspicions. I do not want to permanently damage them until I am sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its just what I do and my attitude. I think it stems from SO MANY people coming up to me to value their "rare ancient coins" when I was the only ancient collector at the Des Moines Coin Club. ALL of them were fakes, but at least half the people thought I was lying to them about the value of grandpa's "treasure". I had more than one complaint to show organizers how I was trying to "scam them", even though I NEVER offered to buy anything. It made me truly detest fakes and the damage it does to our hobby. </p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said, just my opinion/attitude. Not judging anyone else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 4841656, member: 26302"]Decades ago I bought a small stamp with the word COPY. I take a small hammer and place that on any fakes I come into ownership of, (group lots, etc). I have seen others use permanent sharpies. Neither may be perfect, but it makes me feel better about trying to stamp them out. To be fair, I do have a "grey box". Coins I am not positive about, but have suspicions. I do not want to permanently damage them until I am sure. Its just what I do and my attitude. I think it stems from SO MANY people coming up to me to value their "rare ancient coins" when I was the only ancient collector at the Des Moines Coin Club. ALL of them were fakes, but at least half the people thought I was lying to them about the value of grandpa's "treasure". I had more than one complaint to show organizers how I was trying to "scam them", even though I NEVER offered to buy anything. It made me truly detest fakes and the damage it does to our hobby. Like I said, just my opinion/attitude. Not judging anyone else.[/QUOTE]
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