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Message:: [QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 2366869, member: 57463"]This book saved me a lot of money on the bourse floor. I attended the "World's Fair of Money" ANA convention in Dallas, Texas, March 1-5, 2016. Of the approximately 300 dealers, about 15-20 were designated as "non-US" in other words, "World Numismatics" which included ancients as well as modern issues. By asking around, I found about a dozen examples of Netherlands gold ducats. According to this book,none that was offered was genuine. The basic question is the difference between a genuine issue and an imitation in good metal. I accept that the coins offered were acceptable imitations, intended to pass for genuine based on weight and fineness alone. However, the fact remains that none of the coins at the ANA convention offered by a dozen dealers was, in fact, attributable.[/QUOTE]