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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2419339, member: 24314&quot;]Unfortunately, US private mints are not as sophisticated as the major C/F factories.&nbsp; I&#039;m not speaking of the &quot;junk&quot; Chinese mints featured in Coin World.&nbsp; Excellent fakes are being made in former Iron Curtain countries as well as China.&nbsp; It is a good bet that MANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS are involved.&nbsp; Many of their products go undetected by TPGS&#039;s - for a while. </p><p><br /></p><p>In my experience, most collectors who are not long-time, experienced SPECIALISTS in a particular coin series <span style="color: #b30000">don&#039;t have a chance <span style="color: #000000">detecting even half-good fakes.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":grumpy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><span style="color: #000000">Large cent specialists are the ones who alerted the TPGS&#039;s that they were slabbing the latest batch of extremely good counterfeit cents! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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