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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 5347716, member: 24314"]Joea59, posted: :"This hobby has it's ups and downs and everything in between. <b>If the TPGs can't catch the fakes that are sent to them where does that leave us?</b> It's bad enough to have to worry about fake raw coins, fake coins in fake TPG slabs but <span style="color: #b30000"><b><i>to have to worry about having a fake coin in an authentic TPG slab is just pla</i><i><i>n wrong!</i></i></b></span><i> TPGs should be our insurance of sort. And it seems now like there are some people who know they are buying fakes and actually want them! I mean WHY? Yea educational purpose and conversation piece but to look for and want a collection or set of known fakes just does not make sense to me. It's been said if you want to but something that's authentic buy certified or have it certified. Well that almost seems like it's out the window. <b>This is just my view on it and everybody has his own views and wants but it's just frustrating and confusing.</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It must be nice to be perfect? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> halfcent1793, posted: "It's also <b>overgraded by at least <span style="color: #b30000">20 points</span></b>, though that's a minor issue in addition to the fact that it's fake" </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Everyone knows that you copper guys have your own grading system that has <b>NO RELATION</b> at all to the rest of us <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> dummies in the commercial coin market. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 5347716, member: 24314"]Joea59, posted: :"This hobby has it's ups and downs and everything in between. [B]If the TPGs can't catch the fakes that are sent to them where does that leave us?[/B] It's bad enough to have to worry about fake raw coins, fake coins in fake TPG slabs but [COLOR=#b30000][B][I]to have to worry about having a fake coin in an authentic TPG slab is just pla[/I][COLOR=#000000][I][/I][/COLOR][I][I]n wrong![/I][/i][/B][I][/i][/COLOR][I] TPGs should be our insurance of sort. And it seems now like there are some people who know they are buying fakes and actually want them! I mean WHY? Yea educational purpose and conversation piece but to look for and want a collection or set of known fakes just does not make sense to me. It's been said if you want to but something that's authentic buy certified or have it certified. Well that almost seems like it's out the window. [B]This is just my view on it and everybody has his own views and wants but it's just frustrating and confusing. [/B] :smuggrin: It must be nice to be perfect? ;) :rolleyes: halfcent1793, posted: "It's also [B]overgraded by at least [COLOR=#b30000]20 points[/COLOR][/B], though that's a minor issue in addition to the fact that it's fake" :D Everyone knows that you copper guys have your own grading system that has [B]NO RELATION[/B] at all to the rest of us :bucktooth: dummies in the commercial coin market. :p[/i][/QUOTE]
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