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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4673834, member: 24314&quot;]spegtacular,</p><p><br /></p><p>Fake gold was crude in the late 60&#039;s and early seventies.&nbsp; You could tell a fake by its color alone.&nbsp; The fakes were produced in the Mediterranean area. One of the ANA Presidents actually visited a factory where counterfeit US gold coins were being produced using the identical coin press used by our Mint.&nbsp; Chuck and I joked that we could have gone over there and taught them how to make excellent fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the early 1970&#039;s the quality of the C/F&#039;s we saw took a big jump.&nbsp; The two Omega coins and gold dollars <b>that we believed were also signed </b>hit the market.&nbsp; They all have the same characteristics so they are in the in the same &quot;family.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>So if your theory is correct, Mr. Roberts would have produced thousands of $20, $3, and $1 gold coins using equipment <b>from somewhere</b>.&nbsp; Did he leave the US after he retired?&nbsp; Otherwise, where else besides the Franklin Mint would he get the material and the equipment to ruin his reputation and break the law?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You can believe whatever you wish but TTTT&#039;s story on Collectors Universe makes more sense to me and that may also be <b><span style="color: #b30000">just another good story</span></b>.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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