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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SteveCaruso, post: 2074783, member: 37497&quot;]Doug asked me to write them a letter in my capacity as curator of The Black Cabinet where I outlined the problems with the coin and signed it in Good Faith under penalty of Perjury and they seem to have accepted it. We&#039;ll know for sure on Tuesday.</p><p><br /></p><p>To &quot;destroy and discard it&quot; he&#039;s decided to donate the coin to The Black Cabinet, where it will be photographed, cataloged, put up on The Black Cabinet&#039;s database as an example to others, and ultimately meet <i>Justice</i> (the name I&#039;ve given my &quot;COPY&quot; stamp).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://fakes.numismetrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IMG_0401-700x525.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If all of this works out and [USER=56842]@Dougmeister[/USER] gets his money back, I have no problem helping out others in the same capacity. I might even set up a &quot;Help! I bought a counterfeit off of eBay&quot; page with instructions to make it easier and eliminate any such barriers, while at the same time affording some accountability.</p><p><br /></p><p>If counterfeiters have the rug pulled out from under them enough times, they&#039;ll be less likely to do business on eBay at all. I believe that&#039;s a win for the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>And aye, there already have been abuses of this process. <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/paypal-makes-ebay-customer-destroy-2500-violin-seller-left-empty-handed/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/paypal-makes-ebay-customer-destroy-2500-violin-seller-left-empty-handed/" rel="nofollow">I remember a recent news story about a hand-crafted violin being destroyed as a &quot;counterfeit.&quot;</a> This is not something to be taken lightly by any means.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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