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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jody526, post: 12002, member: 578&quot;]Unless a &quot;doctored&quot; coin is badly done, it is impossible for anyone to say with 100% certainty, how it got that way.</p><p>I see that now there is even a book out on the subject of &quot;coin chemistry&quot;.</p><p>I believe (and this is just one man&#039;s opinion) that it is ill advised to assume that any third party grading service is right 100% of the time.</p><p>For me, their authenticity service is their only merit.</p><p>But again, I must stress that I feel comfortable in my ability to judge coins for my collection, based on my own criteria. Anyone else&#039;s collecting strategy is strictly up to them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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