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<p>[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 7799321, member: 24754"]I do not have the expertise, nor am I interested in investing the time to develop the expertise to make these kinds of distinctions. Besides, I'm guessing that these types of things probably can't be reliably determined from photographs, especially if a seller is motivated to take photos or modify photos in such a way as to hide them.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time, I do not want fakes or re-engraved/overly-improved coins in my collection. The solution that I settled upon was to only purchase slabbed coins. This is not an ideal solution, doesn't provide a rock-solid guarantee, and I know that a lot of people in this forum are put-off by it, but for me, it is the only way to go.</p><p><br /></p><p>The decision was based on a lesson that I learned the hard way. I purchased a number of raw Julio-Claudian dynasty coins from various online sources when starting my collection. I was spending a decent amount of money on the coins, and the auctioneer sources seemed reputable, so I assumed that I was getting quality stuff. I made the decision to go slabs for my collection, sent all of the coins to NGC, and all but one of them came back in "Tooled" body bags. It was an infuriating lesson to learn, and almost drove me away from the hobby all-together. But now that I'm giving it another go, it's not a lesson that I'll risk learning again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cherd, post: 7799321, member: 24754"]I do not have the expertise, nor am I interested in investing the time to develop the expertise to make these kinds of distinctions. Besides, I'm guessing that these types of things probably can't be reliably determined from photographs, especially if a seller is motivated to take photos or modify photos in such a way as to hide them. At the same time, I do not want fakes or re-engraved/overly-improved coins in my collection. The solution that I settled upon was to only purchase slabbed coins. This is not an ideal solution, doesn't provide a rock-solid guarantee, and I know that a lot of people in this forum are put-off by it, but for me, it is the only way to go. The decision was based on a lesson that I learned the hard way. I purchased a number of raw Julio-Claudian dynasty coins from various online sources when starting my collection. I was spending a decent amount of money on the coins, and the auctioneer sources seemed reputable, so I assumed that I was getting quality stuff. I made the decision to go slabs for my collection, sent all of the coins to NGC, and all but one of them came back in "Tooled" body bags. It was an infuriating lesson to learn, and almost drove me away from the hobby all-together. But now that I'm giving it another go, it's not a lesson that I'll risk learning again.[/QUOTE]
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