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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2272186, member: 71510&quot;]And scares newcomers off because there are so many fakes and lies out there...</p><p><br /></p><p>I tend to agree, if it&#039;s not a copy of an actual coin - there&#039;s a bit of turning the other cheek, but these thieves do make actual fakes and are probably using the fantasy coins as tests to vet out the real thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had some guy try to sell me a 1909-S VDB and it was an obvious fake (fraudulent mint mark was post-mint - destroyed a nice $10 penny!).&nbsp; And because he paid a bunch for it, he decided that he would try to sell it to someone else.&nbsp; I encouraged him to destroy it - and I did report it - but I know where the report went.&nbsp; And I&#039;m sure some guy now owns - yet another fake.&nbsp; He said he wasn&#039;t gonna get stuck with it, and got rather aggravated with me.&nbsp; I tried to remind him that someone else is going to do it to him again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just stinks all around.&nbsp; Destroy them when you find them - and report the ones that knowingly try to sell them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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