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<p>[QUOTE="CaptHenway, post: 366953, member: 13813"]Well, I bent over backwards trying to be as objective as possible on these, declaring a "No Decision" on the original two-coin submission even though I felt in my heart that the x-ray results were particularly damning. Perfet sterling silver, without trace elements, does not occur in nature.</p><p> </p><p>It wasn't until one of these very coins was returned six months later as a purported ninth specimen from a Northern state, with a story that was proven to be a lie, did I become utterly convinced that the pieces were bogus. My opinion has not changed since.</p><p> </p><p>I am curious as to why, if there were allegedly eight coins found in the hoard, and we had only seen two specimens, the submittor sent in one of the original two specimens as the purported ninth specimen from a Northern state? Did the other six coins actually exist? Had there not been a deliberate attempt to deceive us by resubmitting a coin that we had already photographed and weighed (which allowed us to prove the attempted deception) we (and I) would have maintained our neutrality in the matter. I am no longer neutral in the matter.</p><p> </p><p>TD[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CaptHenway, post: 366953, member: 13813"]Well, I bent over backwards trying to be as objective as possible on these, declaring a "No Decision" on the original two-coin submission even though I felt in my heart that the x-ray results were particularly damning. Perfet sterling silver, without trace elements, does not occur in nature. It wasn't until one of these very coins was returned six months later as a purported ninth specimen from a Northern state, with a story that was proven to be a lie, did I become utterly convinced that the pieces were bogus. My opinion has not changed since. I am curious as to why, if there were allegedly eight coins found in the hoard, and we had only seen two specimens, the submittor sent in one of the original two specimens as the purported ninth specimen from a Northern state? Did the other six coins actually exist? Had there not been a deliberate attempt to deceive us by resubmitting a coin that we had already photographed and weighed (which allowed us to prove the attempted deception) we (and I) would have maintained our neutrality in the matter. I am no longer neutral in the matter. TD[/QUOTE]
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