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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2652714, member: 56859&quot;]Perhaps I&#039;m misinterpreting Doug&#039;s post but I still think it is better (and of course acceptable) to politely express concerns about a coin if those concerns are accompanied by specific reasons-- not just &quot;it looks fake to me&quot;.&nbsp; Now, if a member did voice concerns frequently, even if stating reasons, and if those reasons were repeatedly shown to be wrong, that would be a different problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>Should those of us who aren&#039;t experts or numismatic professionals (me and almost all CoinTalk members) refrain from ever providing such comments when they are not solicited by the coin&#039;s owner?&nbsp; See above and below <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Martin&#039;s question asked in the thread&#039;s title is whether we should disclose a fake (or concerns about possible fakery) publicly or in a private message.&nbsp; If the coin in question is indisputably fake and I were to message the owner, I&#039;d want the owner to then add a post to the thread saying &quot;I&#039;ve learned that this coin is a modern forgery.&nbsp; Here is a matching cast fake as recorded in ForgeryNetwork (or wherever).&quot;&nbsp; We&#039;d want others to know that coin shown here in CoinTalk is fake, right?&nbsp; So why bother with the private message?&nbsp; Is purely to let the owner save face?&nbsp; I don&#039;t think having fallen for a fake is necessarily cause for embarrassment or shame.&nbsp; I bet most of us have bought a fake or two and maybe even still unknowingly own a fake or two.&nbsp; It&#039;s not an easy hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin cannot be definitively determined fake by photographs, and if there are some reasonable concerns, should that be voiced privately rather than publicly?&nbsp; Perhaps there is more reason to express those concerns privately but I still think it is okay to carefully express those concerns publicly.&nbsp; Readers also have some responsibility to assess credibility of a given person&#039;s opinion... as is the case with anything read online.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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