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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3526174, member: 19463"]I see two major reasons to have a coin certified. Does one apply tp you?</p><p>1. You do not trust the person you bought the coin from and want to find out if you should have listened to the advice we always give here and only buy from trusted sources. In this case you are also saying you do not trust ANACS to be able to spot fakes. I don't know who works for them or whether I would trust them either so I can't comment there. </p><p><br /></p><p>2. You are planning to sell the coins soon to someone who knows nothing about such coins and would pay you enough more for the coins with the certification than they would as they now are. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do not claim sufficient expertise to be able to spot <u>all</u> fakes from photographs and tend not to trust anyone who thinks they can. From what I see, I would suspect the coins have a 99% chance of being OK and agree with Sallent on the desirability of spending the money on another coin but if you are bothered by the risk and want to spend the money to put your mind at rest, that is your prerogative. Even the best sellers will make an ocassional mistake and, if you ask enough self styled experts, you will find one that will tell you that the coins are fake. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please understand that taking a poll of online collectors who have between 5 minutes and 70 years experience is not the way to get expert advice. Do you have some evidence that makes you distrust these coins? I will say that they are good enough that you need a better expert than I am to look at the coins actually in hand. Most bad fakes can be spotted easily but the best of them may fool us all. If you pay for another opinion, will you then be comfortable or will you have accomplished nothing?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3526174, member: 19463"]I see two major reasons to have a coin certified. Does one apply tp you? 1. You do not trust the person you bought the coin from and want to find out if you should have listened to the advice we always give here and only buy from trusted sources. In this case you are also saying you do not trust ANACS to be able to spot fakes. I don't know who works for them or whether I would trust them either so I can't comment there. 2. You are planning to sell the coins soon to someone who knows nothing about such coins and would pay you enough more for the coins with the certification than they would as they now are. I do not claim sufficient expertise to be able to spot [U]all[/U] fakes from photographs and tend not to trust anyone who thinks they can. From what I see, I would suspect the coins have a 99% chance of being OK and agree with Sallent on the desirability of spending the money on another coin but if you are bothered by the risk and want to spend the money to put your mind at rest, that is your prerogative. Even the best sellers will make an ocassional mistake and, if you ask enough self styled experts, you will find one that will tell you that the coins are fake. Please understand that taking a poll of online collectors who have between 5 minutes and 70 years experience is not the way to get expert advice. Do you have some evidence that makes you distrust these coins? I will say that they are good enough that you need a better expert than I am to look at the coins actually in hand. Most bad fakes can be spotted easily but the best of them may fool us all. If you pay for another opinion, will you then be comfortable or will you have accomplished nothing?[/QUOTE]
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