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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 474730, member: 13650"]No, it's not anymore. You're making quite a few claims for having such limited knowledge on the subject.</p><p> </p><p> The problem is these places making all these good fakes, with the exact metal content to the exact specs of originals and then putting a copy or replica stamp on a few, as a front so they can stay in business. The rest get dumped into our circulation and sold by dealers and individuals as real ones because nobody knows any better. Now you have to question the authenticity of everything down to a simple Barber dime. I also question how many pass as genuine at the TPG's now. </p><p> </p><p> Surely no better way to ruin the entire hobby than this. You can count on most people not being highly educated, but they will be smart enough to know that eventually the market will be flooded with counterfeits, if it isn't already. People will pay less and less, with the threat of average, two dollar coins being counterfeits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 474730, member: 13650"]No, it's not anymore. You're making quite a few claims for having such limited knowledge on the subject. The problem is these places making all these good fakes, with the exact metal content to the exact specs of originals and then putting a copy or replica stamp on a few, as a front so they can stay in business. The rest get dumped into our circulation and sold by dealers and individuals as real ones because nobody knows any better. Now you have to question the authenticity of everything down to a simple Barber dime. I also question how many pass as genuine at the TPG's now. Surely no better way to ruin the entire hobby than this. You can count on most people not being highly educated, but they will be smart enough to know that eventually the market will be flooded with counterfeits, if it isn't already. People will pay less and less, with the threat of average, two dollar coins being counterfeits.[/QUOTE]
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