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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4854302, member: 24314&quot;]baseball21, posted: &quot;<b><span style="color: #b30000">They</span></b> can&#039;t tell that it&#039;s real despite the claim.&nbsp; <b><span style="color: #ff4dff">You</span></b> can&#039;t tell if a coin is real if you can&#039;t even say the date or mm.&nbsp; It&#039;s very easy to get rid of imperfections when it&#039;s basically a disk.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000">They <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></b>: Ex-professional coin dealers &amp; knowledgeable numismatists paid to authenticate coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff4dff">YOU</span></b>: You.</p><p><br /></p><p>baseball21, posted: &quot;I&#039;m completely against it [<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie65" alt=":meh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #006633">So what?] </span>aside from blank plancets [<span style="color: #006600">AFAIK, no TPGS does these any more because of what you posted</span>] and such.&nbsp; It really devalues the process and sort of reeks of desperation for business.&nbsp; I know that may seem harsh, but this is one thing I really hope isn&#039;t the wave of the future.&nbsp; [<span style="color: #006633">Actually, it has been done for decades.</span>] The whole point of grading and authentication is to say what it is, saying don&#039;t worry it&#039;s real be we have no idea what it is just <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Won&#039;t even get into<span style="color: #ff00ff"> how easy</span> it would be to get fakes into slabs if that catches on.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #006633">LOL, you sure sound like you <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> know what you are writing about so please do.&nbsp; <span style="color: #ff0080">How easy is it?</span> Planchets and coins are two different things.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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