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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;masterswimmer, post: 21256117, member: 102022&quot;]I&#039;m seriously becoming very disenfranchised with my beloved hobby of 55 years. I no longer am qualified to reliably purchase raw coins and now slabbed coins. What&#039;s left?</p><p><br /></p><p>The preponderance of CCP fake coins pushed me into buying slabbed coins.</p><p>Now the number of counterfeit coins in fake plastic tombs has risen to the point that my knowledge of both counterfeit aspects of the pending purchase makes me concerned for a few reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, like everyone else, who wants to buy a worthless coin for their hard earned buck?</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, now that our kids are grown and we&#039;re empty nesters, we have a bit more discretionary income. My coin purchases have moved up quite a few notches. Therefore the amount of my pending losses on coins that turn out to be counterfeit is much more financially damaging.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third, the only reliable option remaining, that I&#039;m aware of, is buying moderns from the Mint. That ship sailed years ago when the Mints offerings became ridiculously priced, coupled with them being to numerous to continue. Not to mention probably 95% of their offerings don&#039;t retain value above their issue price.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a number of members I&#039;d love to engage in this discussion. I welcome everyone to join in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts? [USER=93371]@Jack D. Young[/USER] , [USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] , [USER=89213]@Inspector43[/USER] , [USER=74863]@Collecting Nut[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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