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Message:: [QUOTE="Silverlock, post: 3577870, member: 98181"]The angst about fakes misses what I think is perhaps the most significant point: regardless of source, you simply cannot purchase a fake of most coins. Fakers are not making copies of every single coin in RIC or Wildwinds. They are picking and choosing areas of opportunity: popular emperors, popular styles, simple designs, rare coins. If you buy an Athens owl or Julius Caesar from a questionable source, yes, you might get fake. By the same token, you can confidently buy RIC XXX from Emperor YYY from any source and never get a fake, for the simple reason that no fakes of that coin have ever been produced. Though fakes undoubtedly exist, and even the best dealers can be (rarely) fooled, let’s not lose sight of the fact that 99.9% of die pairs can only be real. Protect yourself with knowledge, absolutely, but there’s no need to look on every coin you see with suspicion and doubt. I personally couldn’t enjoy this hobby under those circumstances.[/QUOTE]