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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dcarr, post: 2155322, member: 4781&quot;]I will add this:</p><p><br /></p><p>If a person is intent on committing numismatic fraud, they will find some coin to do it with.</p><p><br /></p><p>Actual example that did occur:</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Mint produced a special 1995 Eagle proof set with Gold Eagles and a 1995-W proof Silver Eagle. The 1995-W Silver Eagle was ONLY available in this high-priced set. The US Mint also produced a 1995-P proof Silver Eagle that could be bought individually for much less than the W set. Within a few years the 1995-W Silver Eagle was selling by itself for more than $3,000 each (and over $4,000 for the whole W set). At the same time, the 1995-P Silver Eagle could be bought for less than $100.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what some unscrupulous persons did was this:</p><p>They bought the $4,000 sets. They removed the W Silver Eagles and had them certified and sold them for $3,000+ each. They bought 1995-P Silver Eagles for less than $100 each. They put the 1995-P Silver Eagles into the W sets and sold those sets for $4,000. They counted on the fact that some buyers wouldn&#039;t notice the wrong mint mark on the Silver Eagles in the sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>So who is to blame for this ? The persons perpetrating the fraud ? Or the US Mint for negligently issuing the coins in a format that allowed this to happen ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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