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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;john59, post: 2139588, member: 73760&quot;]It&#039;s great that an article or a series of articles will come out and your book. This is a great benefit. How will it help the beginner collectors? I do not know. Every year the ANA seems to be losing more members and I, myself, have seen these fakes pop up from anywhere from coin shows to flea markets. The Chinese, for every article that comes out, they refine their processes. On the modern and foreign coins you can hardly tell the difference. I&#039;ve seen on many stamp forums that novice, beginner, and advanced collectors show their stamp and ask for an opinion. Could be a cheap stamp or a rare one. You will either get a &#039;yes&#039; or &#039;no&#039;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem I found on the coin forums, when someone tries to ask if it&#039;s fake they&#039;re hit with &#039;buy the book first&#039;, &#039;get more experience&#039;, generally a very negative attitude. This needs to change if we want to attract new collectors and turn novice into full time. Let&#039;s be honest, if they buy a bad coin, it&#039;s not so much the price it&#039;s that it&#039;s fake. We just lost someone who might stay in the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Too I have seen &quot;experts&quot; that if you show them a scan of the item, for a fee of course, they will give you their opinion. </p><p><br /></p><p>We have to educate people how to do the test on the silver. There&#039;s more than one test then the acid one. How many people do you hear telling collectors or anyone buying silver or gold to do a specific gravity test. But they never explain how to do it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fakes have been with us throughout history and they&#039;ll always be there. But the new fakes are becoming a threat to the hobby. Then add the silver stackers. You might see these fakes lay in collections for 30 years or more until they show their face again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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