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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 3084705, member: 72790&quot;]Reading something like this, or the many articles in numismatic publications, is so disheartening. When i entered the hobby in the late 1950&#039;s, it seems to me, that fakes were less common and more easily recognized. Perhaps not, but it seemed that when one bought a coin, usually at a shop or at a show, that the likelihood of a phony was pretty remote. It&#039;s not just the money lost, it&#039;s the sadness that our hobby has been cheapened, devalued, by the shills and con artists who take advantage of those who want to preserve an aspect of the past for future enthusiasts to enjoy. I guess in some humans the larcenous genes exceed the contemplative and conserving ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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