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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;noob76, post: 1386211, member: 35631&quot;]judging by odds alone, sure it is more likely than not a fake. the same is true for any of the fake 1916-d dimes sitting on ebay or in whitman folders across america. </p><p><br /></p><p>i have no problem with debating the authenticity of coins, but ultimately, i think we must use our reason and objective facts, as oppossed to our faith. if someone can tell me intrinsic reasons, i&#039;d learn some more about authenticating coins, and we&#039;d all be better equppied as hobbyists. </p><p><br /></p><p>the issue of fake slabs is becoming a huge problem in coin collecting, mainly because coin collectors, especially the ones on this forum, seem to have put faiths in the slabs themselves as oppossed to their own abilities to seperate the real from the fraudulent. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;i came to this forum to learn a bit more about the hobby i&#039;ve been pursuing for the last year. if the answer is &quot;always buy a slab and leave it to some experts&quot; then it really isn&#039;t something i&#039;d be interested in pursuing any further. instead, i&#039;d like to become knowledgable one day myself, in part by learning from those who have knowledge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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