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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CappedBustDimes, post: 311316, member: 9104&quot;]most purchases involving counterfeit pieces can be averted with a few hours of research.&nbsp; in the event that the buyer did his/her homework and still ends up with a bogus piece; hopefully, the seller will buy it back.</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;&#039;It certainly seems that you cannot trrust [sic] anybody anymore! Sad times...&#039;&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>counterfeiting has been around since the inception of monetary systems...only now instead of trying to deceive merchants, they are used to deceive collectors on the secondary market.</p><p><br /></p><p>as with all rare collectibles...memorabilia, art, livestock, etc...deception is just the nature of the beast and something that anyone involved in any level of the hobby must be aware of and deal with because it will be around as long as it is lucrative.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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