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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 7486583, member: 93371&quot;]Great response @<font size="4"><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/publius2.105571/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/publius2.105571/">Publius2</a></b></font>!</p><p><br /></p><p>I consider it a test of the Hobby at this point; we have written over 30 articles documenting and detailing these as we know them and published them in over 5 different venues as well as forums such as this and Face Book Groups and made the information available through contacts at all of the 4 top TPGs. In several cases the TPGs shared images of theirs from submission packages as we researched each one.</p><p><br /></p><p>TPGs are seen as the paid &quot;experts&quot; and I would hope to be one of the lines of last defense on these; the question becomes are their processes improved to the point these will no longer pass their authentication processes currently or will they continue to pass as good. And 5+ years down the road are the counterfeits better and what chance do they have just becoming authentic along with genuine examples?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have shown genuine slabbed examples in small displays at several major coin shows with the general collecting public making statements of &quot;they have to be genuine, XXXX says they are on the slab&quot;...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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