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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 7384585, member: 26302"]Point taken that forums can always be too quick to judge a coin a fake. To be fair a little, it depends on the photograph. Anything I say on a forum has to be understood it is from the photo, and in hand a coin can come off as quite different. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not think I ever commented on any of these. Nothing from the die looks abnormal on them. If you posted a lot of them together, the only comment I would have made is its a little weird they were all the same kind of color, but that could be from either being stored identically for a number of years together, from the same photographer, but on the dangerous side the same forger using the same coin darkener.</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone states in a forum they are not sure its authentic, ask them why. What details are they seeing in the photograph that makes them think that. If they do not have any details, you can discount what they say IMHO. Forums share groupthink. If one person says its a fake, many others are not as likely to say it looks goods for fearing to look a fool. However, no forum can be "right" all of the time based upon a photograph. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have commented I believe on a couple of yours sir, but by all means I would take them in person to a show and let an expert there look at them in person. That is the best way to "know" or not. If I am going to a big show in the future I would be more than willing to look at any of yours in person, and could offer a better opinion that way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 7384585, member: 26302"]Point taken that forums can always be too quick to judge a coin a fake. To be fair a little, it depends on the photograph. Anything I say on a forum has to be understood it is from the photo, and in hand a coin can come off as quite different. I do not think I ever commented on any of these. Nothing from the die looks abnormal on them. If you posted a lot of them together, the only comment I would have made is its a little weird they were all the same kind of color, but that could be from either being stored identically for a number of years together, from the same photographer, but on the dangerous side the same forger using the same coin darkener. If someone states in a forum they are not sure its authentic, ask them why. What details are they seeing in the photograph that makes them think that. If they do not have any details, you can discount what they say IMHO. Forums share groupthink. If one person says its a fake, many others are not as likely to say it looks goods for fearing to look a fool. However, no forum can be "right" all of the time based upon a photograph. I have commented I believe on a couple of yours sir, but by all means I would take them in person to a show and let an expert there look at them in person. That is the best way to "know" or not. If I am going to a big show in the future I would be more than willing to look at any of yours in person, and could offer a better opinion that way.[/QUOTE]
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