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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 8491228, member: 105571&quot;]And that is exactly why EAC created its own grading system for early copper.&nbsp; The TPGs do not or will not understand early copper and that is why we suffer grading catastrophes like those you&#039;ve shown.&nbsp; NONE of those coins deserve a details grade by the standards that should apply to early copper.&nbsp; In fact, the EAC grading standards do not even have a &quot;details&quot; grade.&nbsp; That is the purpose of EAC net grading, to account for the problems that copper, unlike the other metals, is heir to.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK, back to [USER=118430]@Vertigo[/USER]&#039;s question:&nbsp; What you need to know to protect yourself depends on what you&#039;re going to buy.&nbsp; If you&#039;re buying the $5 coins from the dealer&#039;s junk bin, then you don&#039;t need to know anything because even if you buy a counterfeit you&#039;re not out any real money.&nbsp; From that base, the rarer and/or more expensive the coin the more you need to know.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>BTW [USER=101855]@johnmilton[/USER] that is a gorgeous 1814.&nbsp; No way that is AT.&nbsp; And even if it was, that doesn&#039;t detract from a great example in a series that is notorious for bad copper supply and corrosion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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