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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 4100174, member: 78244"]My point is that education and common sense would solve the problem. If new collectors hope to strike it rich on “steals” or think it is wise to be wholly dependent on slabs, whose fault is that?</p><p><br /></p><p>I avoid certain areas of numismatics because I am not educated enough in them to spot fakes. I can try to find steals, and that will almost certainly net me fakes. I can just blindly trust dealers/slabs, but I am not learning anything to prevent myself from getting burned. If I decide to put forth the effort to learn authentication, then I can confidently start buying the coins. But until then, I don’t buy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 4100174, member: 78244"]My point is that education and common sense would solve the problem. If new collectors hope to strike it rich on “steals” or think it is wise to be wholly dependent on slabs, whose fault is that? I avoid certain areas of numismatics because I am not educated enough in them to spot fakes. I can try to find steals, and that will almost certainly net me fakes. I can just blindly trust dealers/slabs, but I am not learning anything to prevent myself from getting burned. If I decide to put forth the effort to learn authentication, then I can confidently start buying the coins. But until then, I don’t buy.[/QUOTE]
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