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<p>[QUOTE="Silverlock, post: 3693811, member: 98181"]I’ve been looking for a certain coin for a while now. I won’t give specifics because are only three available across VCoins and MA-Shops, and the specific coin really doesn’t matter for this discussion anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are 10 examples of this coin on Wildwinds, all seemingly from the same die pair. There are 9 examples on FakeCoinReports, all seemingly from the same dies as Wildwinds. There are 12 examples sold or offered for sale on auction the past year, all the same dies as the fakes and Wildwinds. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now to the conundrum. The three examples on offer on VCoins and MA-Shops are not of that die pair, and none of three are from the same obverse or reverse dies either. The three dealers aren’t the big names who define what we consider authentic, but they are well-established dealers with no history of problems that I can find. The coins all look fine in the pictures, with nothing to raise suspicion that they aren’t real. Except all three are new and unique die pairs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have you ever been faced with this situation? Would you buy under these circumstances?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Silverlock, post: 3693811, member: 98181"]I’ve been looking for a certain coin for a while now. I won’t give specifics because are only three available across VCoins and MA-Shops, and the specific coin really doesn’t matter for this discussion anyway. There are 10 examples of this coin on Wildwinds, all seemingly from the same die pair. There are 9 examples on FakeCoinReports, all seemingly from the same dies as Wildwinds. There are 12 examples sold or offered for sale on auction the past year, all the same dies as the fakes and Wildwinds. Now to the conundrum. The three examples on offer on VCoins and MA-Shops are not of that die pair, and none of three are from the same obverse or reverse dies either. The three dealers aren’t the big names who define what we consider authentic, but they are well-established dealers with no history of problems that I can find. The coins all look fine in the pictures, with nothing to raise suspicion that they aren’t real. Except all three are new and unique die pairs. Have you ever been faced with this situation? Would you buy under these circumstances?[/QUOTE]
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