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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1390124, member: 26302&quot;]So I went to a local show Sunday. Got there late, just looking around and not expecting to buy anything, but had money in my pocket just in case. I get to a guy&#039;s table. He has a bunch of the copper ounce bullion pieces, a few worn coins in the case, and then some better coins at the bottom. I start looking closer at the better coins and something doesn&#039;t strike me as right. They were all high quality fakes from China. The seller freely admitted they were all fakes. Some were well done, with a couple of small defects in the rim, toning, etc. I looked over a few, (a pretty good 1916 SL quarter), and he said they were $50 each, or 3/$100. I looked and could not see any COPY stamps on them. I asked him, &quot;I don&#039;t mean to be a jerk, but why don&#039;t these have the COPY mark as required by law?&quot;. He gave me a story about PEGS, how the owner of that firm called the Secret Service when he got fakes to slab, the Secret Service said they would not do anything, yada yada, they were all over the country so why bother to mark any of them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course I would never buy anything from that dealer ever, but is there more I should have done? Is there any way of reporting these coins to someone? Should I talk to the show sponsor? It really upsets me to see dealers at a show openly selling counterfeits and violating our Hobby Protection Act. If our own dealers will not comply with this law that collectors ask to be passed, then why should anyone ever comply with it?</p><p><br /></p><p>I am leaning towards approaching the show organizer since having this dealer in his show seriously taints the entire show in my eyes. I was wondering what your guys opinions were.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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