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<p>[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 8247708, member: 77704"]Counterfeiting/ esp. from China is worrying/ used to be Lebanon. But, I only buy my coins thru reliable auction houses like Künker/ Heritage/ CNG/ Gadboury etc./ they are good at eliminating fakes.</p><p>Ups and downs.....in my years of collecting/ never seen "downs" just "ups". I have kept my auction catalogues/ prices realized since 1990, so can prove that fact. There was a "correction" in US market/ since their Redbook prices where way to high in 2000.</p><p>There have been instances, where a coin was bid up to insane levels by two bidders with more $ then brains/ then appears a year later/ hammer price cut in half. But in 99 percent of hammer results/ prices keep rising. Past two years have seen increases in 25 percent or more range.</p><p>The high quality material is in hottest demand/ only makes sense/ most want perfect coins.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 8247708, member: 77704"]Counterfeiting/ esp. from China is worrying/ used to be Lebanon. But, I only buy my coins thru reliable auction houses like Künker/ Heritage/ CNG/ Gadboury etc./ they are good at eliminating fakes. Ups and downs.....in my years of collecting/ never seen "downs" just "ups". I have kept my auction catalogues/ prices realized since 1990, so can prove that fact. There was a "correction" in US market/ since their Redbook prices where way to high in 2000. There have been instances, where a coin was bid up to insane levels by two bidders with more $ then brains/ then appears a year later/ hammer price cut in half. But in 99 percent of hammer results/ prices keep rising. Past two years have seen increases in 25 percent or more range. The high quality material is in hottest demand/ only makes sense/ most want perfect coins.;)[/QUOTE]
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