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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 3576738, member: 90666&quot;]I agree with almost nothing in this post. There&#039;s occasional points I recognise but going through item by item, it&#039;s almost a complete list of &quot;don&#039;t agree on this&quot; items. I think it&#039;s far to pessimistic and doesn&#039;t remotely reflect how much better matters are today than a century ago. There&#039;s two key changes that have improved life immensely for collectors. The widespread sharing of information and photos on the internet means we are amazingly better informed and protected. And there&#039;s a far more widespread network of assurances nowadays from the VCoins and IAPN codes of conduct to authentication options via slabbing or other means. Sure fakes slip through as they always have. However aside from occasional bad fakes its true that older catalogues do tend to illustrate genuine coins that precede the modern invention of pressed fakes, laser tooling etc. So provenance has real value. I could go line by line through this post, but my general message is be optimistic.&nbsp; Things are far better and easier today for collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Collectors however have a responsibility to protect themselves. If one buys an apparent high value rarity cheaply off eBay it will be invariable fake. Instead patronise the major dealers and auctioneers. Consider slabbed coins if you are really unsure (after some experience though you&#039;ll realise slabbing evidently genuine coins costs money, adds no value and separates you from your coins). Handle lots of coins. Look at lots of photos. Read widely. You have much more tools available today, to guide your collecting, than 50 or 100 years ago. Make use of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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