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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2807125, member: 83845&quot;]Interesting. The above poll and comments have set my mind at ease a bit. If I were inclined to make a fake (I&#039;m not) I was thinking the first thing I would do is try to find a beautiful example of an electrotype to make a transfer die.&nbsp; I read an article a while back that spooked me about electrotypes (same site [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] links to).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/fakes/examples/fakekatane01.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/fakes/examples/fakekatane01.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/fakes/examples/fakekatane01.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]655926[/ATTACH]</p><p>This image is from CNG and they disagree with the opinion in the linked article about this coin. I don&#039;t know if it is genuine or not but my thought after reading the article was that electrotypes could be used to make fakes that were die matchable to museum examples!</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, for me it&#039;s all academic. I would never be able to afford something like the above and it might only be a danger with the very high end coins.&nbsp; Perhaps for most fakes it&#039;s just as easy to use another method and the danger is therefore small?</p><p><br /></p><p>The results of the poll and comments seem to indicate two things to me right now; one less important and one more important.</p><p><br /></p><p>The less important?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I would make a terrible criminal!</b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]655930[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]655928[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second and much more important piece of information is just confirmation of something I&#039;ve suspected for a while now.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Our friend [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] does indeed like bacon.</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]655929[/ATTACH]</p><p>Perhaps my next give away will include bacon! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie54" alt=":hungry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh I almost forgot!... Please Post Your Electrotypes! Marked or no <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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