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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1777776, member: 26302"]I agree its better to have it than not, my main problem is enforcement. Heck, at a local coin show a dealer had a ton of 1916 SL quarters, 1901s barbers, etc in beautiful BU condition. All of them fake, though curiously he never told me they were fake until I told them they were fakes, hmmm. Anyway, all unmarked as to COPY, all in a dealer showcase. When I pressed him on them, he said, "I sell them as a service to collectors to show them what to be careful of". Yeah, right. Evidently it was up to ME to enforce anything. I called the show organizer, complained, threatened to call the Secret Service to his coin show, etc. I was a general SOB. The next show the organizer found this guy still having them in his cases unmarked, and he asked him to leave.</p><p> </p><p>Was I a jerk? Yeah, but maybe I stopped one collector from wasting money, and maybe kept a few of these higher quality fakes off the market. For that, I am willing to be a jerk. They were pretty darn good, too. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1777776, member: 26302"]I agree its better to have it than not, my main problem is enforcement. Heck, at a local coin show a dealer had a ton of 1916 SL quarters, 1901s barbers, etc in beautiful BU condition. All of them fake, though curiously he never told me they were fake until I told them they were fakes, hmmm. Anyway, all unmarked as to COPY, all in a dealer showcase. When I pressed him on them, he said, "I sell them as a service to collectors to show them what to be careful of". Yeah, right. Evidently it was up to ME to enforce anything. I called the show organizer, complained, threatened to call the Secret Service to his coin show, etc. I was a general SOB. The next show the organizer found this guy still having them in his cases unmarked, and he asked him to leave. Was I a jerk? Yeah, but maybe I stopped one collector from wasting money, and maybe kept a few of these higher quality fakes off the market. For that, I am willing to be a jerk. They were pretty darn good, too. :([/QUOTE]
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