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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2905522, member: 24314"]baseball21, posted: "Of course not, but no ones making perfect counterfeit slabs with correctly graded genuine coins so it really doesn't matter if someone would fail that hypothetical."</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> OK, let's say I made up a silly, hypothetical <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> scenario. What do I know? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> So for now, I'll post one we can discuss. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you'll agree that 99.9% of us cannot detect a very deceptive fake. 2% of us might be suspicious and send it in to be checked. We know that in some cases, a new group of very deceptive fakes has been put into a genuine slab until they are detected. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you'll also agree that 96% of us cannot detect a fake slab until the diagnostics are published. I know you know that the slab parts used by some TPGS's are made in China? None of those parts would ever reach the black market in CHINA! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Now let's put the two together. Deceptive fake coin and deceptive slab. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> While I know there are some really knowledgeable folks around here...<i><span style="color: #660066">I'll bet none of us on CT could detect the kind of stuff </span></i>that is causing a little hand-wringing and changes to the slabs. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2905522, member: 24314"]baseball21, posted: "Of course not, but no ones making perfect counterfeit slabs with correctly graded genuine coins so it really doesn't matter if someone would fail that hypothetical." :oops: OK, let's say I made up a silly, hypothetical o_O scenario. What do I know? :bucktooth: So for now, I'll post one we can discuss. :happy: Perhaps you'll agree that 99.9% of us cannot detect a very deceptive fake. 2% of us might be suspicious and send it in to be checked. We know that in some cases, a new group of very deceptive fakes has been put into a genuine slab until they are detected. :( Perhaps you'll also agree that 96% of us cannot detect a fake slab until the diagnostics are published. I know you know that the slab parts used by some TPGS's are made in China? None of those parts would ever reach the black market in CHINA! ;) :banghead::banghead::banghead: Now let's put the two together. Deceptive fake coin and deceptive slab. :jawdrop: While I know there are some really knowledgeable folks around here...[I][COLOR=#660066]I'll bet none of us on CT could detect the kind of stuff [/COLOR][/I]that is causing a little hand-wringing and changes to the slabs. :yawn:[/QUOTE]
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