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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SteveCaruso, post: 2074911, member: 37497&quot;]Very few people are Tom DeLorey, outside of Tom DeLorey. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying I&#039;m infallible (as that would be foolish, no one is infallible -- I have counterfeits slabbed by PCGS as genuine), but I use most of the same methods the top TPGs use to detect counterfeits, right down to things like microscopic features, specific gravity, electromagnetic properties, and XRF, if need be. It&#039;s not rocket science. If those tests can&#039;t tell them apart, then we have a <i>much</i> bigger problem on our hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only difference, however, is that the top TPGs will do it as a proprietary, commercial exercise, charging a premium to check things within the time limits and never release their findings to the public for the betterment of the hobby. That doesn&#039;t sit well with me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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