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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2137186, member: 112&quot;]Move it to a private conversation ? - no. Remove it ? - yeah sure I could remove it, any mod &quot;could&quot; remove it. But none ever would.</p><p><br /></p><p>And for the record, nobody ever said the flaws, mistakes, diagnostics for identifying these fakes <u>could not</u> be posted or discussed. What Matt said, and what I was reinforcing, is that it would not be a good idea to do so - and why. You think differently ? Well you&#039;re welcome to your own opinion, that&#039;s mine. </p><p><br /></p><p>And yeah, I do understand both sides of the argument. Pointing out what the counterfeiters do wrong helps the counterfeiters to correct their mistakes. At the same time pointing out those same things helps potential buyers to identify fakes before they buy them. It&#039;s an old argument.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem with it is this, a handful of people read this forum. A much smaller percentage of those who do read this forum would ever remember the diagnostics. And even smaller percentage would ever be able to correctly identify them. </p><p><br /></p><p>The other side of the coin is that only 1 person, the counterfeiter, has to read it to know what he has to fix. And by fixing his mistakes he can then potentially fool thousands of people by producing even higher quality fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>So which situation is better - maybe 10 or 20 people, if you overestimate, knowing how to identify the fakes ? Or potentially thousands of them being fooled by better fakes ? And not just by this one coin, but by any coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those who disagree with my opinion, before you answer that question for yourself you might want to ask why NGC and PCGS refuse to explain what the diagnostics are that they use to identify fake slabs and coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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