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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2806661, member: 83845&quot;]I won&#039;t go into any details because it&#039;s not my intent to &quot;shame&quot; any specific seller or auction house for selling an electrotype but I have seen several of them come up on more than one major auction and have been thinking about it for a while now.&nbsp; Is selling unmarked electrotypes bad for the hobby?</p><p><br /></p><p>Seems to me that this would be the most effective way to get your hands on a relatively cheap, very desirable coin in a super high grade that could then be used to make a transfer die to make some convincing fakes! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Am I missing something obvious that makes my suspicions unfounded?</p><p><br /></p><p>If your not sure what I&#039;m talking about when I say electrotype you can read more here.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/550/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/550/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/550/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2014/11/british-museum-was-once-the-source-for-fake-ancient-coins.all.html#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2014/11/british-museum-was-once-the-source-for-fake-ancient-coins.all.html#" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2014/11/british-museum-was-once-the-source-for-fake-ancient-coins.all.html#</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If that is the case then why don&#039;t auction houses just refuse to consign coins that haven&#039;t been marked as a copy?&nbsp; Do some of them do this?&nbsp; I know there is a legitimate collector market for electrotypes (they are pretty cool after all) but how many people would really be upset if your copy really said &quot;copy&quot; on it?</p><p><br /></p><p>I mean, if someone wanted to write &quot;coffee cup&quot; on my coffee cup or &quot;shoe&quot; on the bottom of my shoe I wouldn&#039;t be upset.&nbsp; I&#039;d just be like... yup... that&#039;s my shoe alright <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>What are your thoughts friends?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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