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<p>[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2372540, member: 71723"]You yourself have cited very succinctly the problem. Where's the "book" on Krugerrands? Gee, I've seen several, most of them picked up at ANA World's Fairs on Money distributed by the South African Mint themselves. You'd be surprised what you can learn actually GOING to ANA shows for reasons other than cherrypicking at bourse tables or sleeping overnight on damp concrete for a coin to flip. There are talks, lectures, World Mint Stage presentations, looking at products you don't own at world mint tables, competitive exhibits, etc. ad nauseum. The bourse is the LEAST of going to an ANA show. I go to LEARN, not so much to SHOP.</p><p><br /></p><p>But you are correct about the abject laziness of most web obsessed denizens. Bad information is growing far faster than good is. Ever hear the expression "a lie gets around the world twice before the truth gets its boots on"? It's true, and the Internet caused it. And our primarily but not exclusively Chinese friends threaten to make detecting fakes even more tough than it currently is going forward.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2372540, member: 71723"]You yourself have cited very succinctly the problem. Where's the "book" on Krugerrands? Gee, I've seen several, most of them picked up at ANA World's Fairs on Money distributed by the South African Mint themselves. You'd be surprised what you can learn actually GOING to ANA shows for reasons other than cherrypicking at bourse tables or sleeping overnight on damp concrete for a coin to flip. There are talks, lectures, World Mint Stage presentations, looking at products you don't own at world mint tables, competitive exhibits, etc. ad nauseum. The bourse is the LEAST of going to an ANA show. I go to LEARN, not so much to SHOP. But you are correct about the abject laziness of most web obsessed denizens. Bad information is growing far faster than good is. Ever hear the expression "a lie gets around the world twice before the truth gets its boots on"? It's true, and the Internet caused it. And our primarily but not exclusively Chinese friends threaten to make detecting fakes even more tough than it currently is going forward.[/QUOTE]
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