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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1581487, member: 26302&quot;]Definitely agree with you Collect. ONe of the best weapons this hobby has is known pieces before a major counterfeiting outbreak begins. I know I have sought out certain coins because they were in old collections. I did this because 1, I knew the coin would be &quot;real&quot;, (either authentic or contemporary counterfeit, not the modern ones), and 2, to give me something in my hand to compare versus other examples. </p><p><br /></p><p>While I do not overpay dramatically for a provenance, and I also see how TPG can overgrade coins from certain collections, I do believe this thread IS downplaying the value of having a provenance on a coin. As chinese fakes get better as they are bound to do, i believe US collectors will be forced to appreciate this more and more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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