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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom Maringer, post: 172238, member: 7033&quot;]I have to agree with Just Carl I&#039;m afraid. Let&#039;s face it... a coin is just a piece of metal impressed with an image! There&#039;s no technological marvel associated with it... it&#039;s basically 19th century craftsmanship. Counterfeiting is just not all that hard to do! There are no legal restrictions on the ownership of machinery for the precise duplication of patterns.... and that machinery has gotten very very good! At some point we will either have to give up the hobby entirely, or be willing to enjoy a wonderful coin EVEN if it may be counterfeit.&nbsp; In fact... some of the counterfeits are themselves more highly collectible than the coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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