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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2765960, member: 112"]Tersesa, if I might make a suggestion - just return the coins to the gentleman and say thanks but no thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>You don't know any of us here and have no reason to trust what anyone says. But the two members who said some of the coins are fakes, well, I've known them for quite some time, one of them for 17 years now. And me, I've been involved with coins since 1960, and if those 2 guys said a coin was fake that would be good enough for me. But you don't know me either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your only real choice to know for sure if the coins are real or not, would be to send them in to either NGC or PCGS and have them authenticated and graded if genuine. But to do that would cost you probably in the neighborhood of $500, and maybe more. And even if they are fakes you still pay. And it would take 2-3 months for you to even find out for that's how long it takes, most of the time anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yeah, you could take them to a local coin dealer and ask his opinion. However, coin dealers get fooled by fakes on a daily basis, so that might not be a really good idea. But it's your choice. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it were me, I'd give 'em back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2765960, member: 112"]Tersesa, if I might make a suggestion - just return the coins to the gentleman and say thanks but no thanks. You don't know any of us here and have no reason to trust what anyone says. But the two members who said some of the coins are fakes, well, I've known them for quite some time, one of them for 17 years now. And me, I've been involved with coins since 1960, and if those 2 guys said a coin was fake that would be good enough for me. But you don't know me either. Your only real choice to know for sure if the coins are real or not, would be to send them in to either NGC or PCGS and have them authenticated and graded if genuine. But to do that would cost you probably in the neighborhood of $500, and maybe more. And even if they are fakes you still pay. And it would take 2-3 months for you to even find out for that's how long it takes, most of the time anyway. And yeah, you could take them to a local coin dealer and ask his opinion. However, coin dealers get fooled by fakes on a daily basis, so that might not be a really good idea. But it's your choice. If it were me, I'd give 'em back.[/QUOTE]
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