Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 2137470, member: 15062&quot;]Telling a counterfeiter what is wrong with his product has little affect on what he will produce in the future.&nbsp; His market is not those who know the difference; his market is the masses or those who are happy with a good looking copy.&nbsp; Telling the maker of a fake Gucci purse that he&#039;s using wrong materials or incorrect stitching isn&#039;t going to make him change his practices.&nbsp; Telling the maker of a fake Rolex that his mechanism is wrong isn&#039;t going to make him obtain better parts.&nbsp; Likewise, telling a coin counterfeiter that die marks, incorrect dimensions, incorrect finishes and incorrect materials isn&#039;t going to influence him to make corrections.&nbsp; He is happy with his product and he is happy with the market his product is aimed at.&nbsp; If a casual collector is happy with a &gt;$25 coin that he gets for $1.25 I&#039;m ok with that.&nbsp; A serious collector should be able to tell the difference.&nbsp; That&#039;s where education comes in.&nbsp; If a casual collector attempts the sale of a coin that he either knows, or doesn&#039;t know is a fake, the buyer who thinks that it may be genuine should know what to look for to determine its authenticity.&nbsp; Bottom line is, if you know a newly found coin is counterfeit, tell us what to look for so the rest of us aren&#039;t aren&#039;t so easily fooled.&nbsp; The counterfeiter doesn&#039;t care.</p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, I&#039;ll bet the OP didn&#039;t pick up on all the tells I pointed out in my posted pictures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in