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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2741295, member: 19463&quot;]We who hang around here regularly may develop a bad attitude about all the questions we get asking if a coin is real.&nbsp; This is no bother at all when the coin is a deceptive fake but it is hard to keep a straight face when we get an inquiry on a coin marked &#039;copy&#039; or something with less workmanship than Monopoly money that someone bought from a guy wearing five Rolexes lurking in the bushes outside some tourist site in the Holy Land (or a camp in Afghanistan).&nbsp; We are all fooled on occasion and many of us would not be able to tell a fake 1916D dime but feel more comfortable recognizing the handiwork of our favorite modern fakers (Bulgarians or other).&nbsp; Buying from known sources is most certainly key but I bought a coin on eBay yeasterday from a seller whose other holdings suggests he would not know a fake if he had one.&nbsp; I do not recommend such practices but I have found coins that way that I wanted at prices only a little more than I might have had to pay a real dealer who knew that there was no market for the thing except for me.&nbsp; We buy the coins we want where we find them and we make mistakes along the way. Those who want to be safe from &#039;problems&#039; play differently and listen when we give the &#039;know your sources&#039; advice. </p><p>Post photos.&nbsp; We would love to see them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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