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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2536594, member: 24314&quot;]That is scary!&nbsp; NGC has at least one foreign grader, Jay who is very good with Chinese coins.&nbsp; They have an office in China and several graders go over during the year.&nbsp; They have been to the Mint over there; but that is not as good as studying coins in a museum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, few were interested in Chinese numismatics forty to fifty years ago and I have learned that not many of these coins were sent in for authentication back then when NO DECPTIVE fakes existed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, <span style="color: #ff0000">IMO</span>, the majority of US collectors/dealers/TPGS are flying blind and have been trying to learn on the go using genuine coins and <span style="color: #00b359">the decent counterfeits that have been assimilated into the market and have been considered genuine over the years.</span> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> GOOD LUCK![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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