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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3242841, member: 19463&quot;]While I see many good points here and on TIF&#039;s reply, the big one is that is is often easy to KNOW that a coin is fake from photos or a quick examination but having the same degree of certainty assuring a coin is genuine is harder.&nbsp; Fakes come in all levels from &#039;tourist trash&#039; to things that have fooled experts.&nbsp; There are people that LOVE to find fakes that slipped by the professionals and even collect evidence like that NFA catalog XXII with the fake aureus on the cover (oops!).&nbsp; We do the best we can but we all make the occasional mistake.&nbsp; Threads like this can o good but can be dangerous if they give anyone a swelled head about their abilities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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