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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3574576, member: 19463"]Congratulations on the coin which strikes me as wonderful in all respects. You cover well the question of who's on which side but the beginner level of this board, myself included, would benefit from more on the other elephant in the room.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see no reason to question this coin except for the undeniable fact that rare coins are so frequently faked that we need to question each and every coin of this 'level' if not every coin 'period'. The fake was accompanied by a provenance that would seem to make it certainly good. How do you 'know' this coin is genuine? In hindsight the first (fake) did not have the sharpness that made it immune from question but a provenance would seem to make me think any reservation I might have was because I am being overly afraid of being fooled again (I recently confirmed a fake in my collection that I had been questioning for decades but had taken refuge in provenance and denial). In my case, the provenance was not to my specimen but to the coin from which it had been cast. Is that the case with your first coin or was it completely fake in those old collections just as it is now? I believe you would do a CT public service pointing out the differences between the two that allows you to say fake and genuine. You did point out the good matter of the seller handling the matter well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the last three coins I have returned to honest sellers for being fake, two gave me the fake in addition to the refund. These were not coins in question but one that were certainly and with no doubt 100% fakes that I have posted here hoping to warn others that the things existed. Fill us in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3574576, member: 19463"]Congratulations on the coin which strikes me as wonderful in all respects. You cover well the question of who's on which side but the beginner level of this board, myself included, would benefit from more on the other elephant in the room. I see no reason to question this coin except for the undeniable fact that rare coins are so frequently faked that we need to question each and every coin of this 'level' if not every coin 'period'. The fake was accompanied by a provenance that would seem to make it certainly good. How do you 'know' this coin is genuine? In hindsight the first (fake) did not have the sharpness that made it immune from question but a provenance would seem to make me think any reservation I might have was because I am being overly afraid of being fooled again (I recently confirmed a fake in my collection that I had been questioning for decades but had taken refuge in provenance and denial). In my case, the provenance was not to my specimen but to the coin from which it had been cast. Is that the case with your first coin or was it completely fake in those old collections just as it is now? I believe you would do a CT public service pointing out the differences between the two that allows you to say fake and genuine. You did point out the good matter of the seller handling the matter well. Of the last three coins I have returned to honest sellers for being fake, two gave me the fake in addition to the refund. These were not coins in question but one that were certainly and with no doubt 100% fakes that I have posted here hoping to warn others that the things existed. Fill us in.[/QUOTE]
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