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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 7516374, member: 1765"]It would be best to submit all the coins, one at a time, to each grading service in the following types of submissions:</p><p><br /></p><p>- Single coin</p><p>- Multiple coins of same or similar type (Draped Bust cent is similar to Draped Bust half cent, Classic Head cent, Liberty Cap cent, but not Kennedy half or Mercury dime)</p><p>- Multiple coins of arbitrary types</p><p><br /></p><p>Submitting multiple of these fakes in a single submission might set of alarm bells if more than one are detected as fakes. Having other coins in a submission might give information as to whether a grader is influenced by these other coins. The experiment would take a long time a considerable amount of money to run. In order to prevent or forestall being made, you might want to farm out submissions to accomplices and piggyback on orders that fit the experiment, although that would also take a while.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd bet that if you asked the TPGs about conducting this experiment, they'd all decline. There's little good that they could see coming out of having a fake slip by in the context of a publicized study. They'd probably welcome seeing the coins, but on their terms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 7516374, member: 1765"]It would be best to submit all the coins, one at a time, to each grading service in the following types of submissions: - Single coin - Multiple coins of same or similar type (Draped Bust cent is similar to Draped Bust half cent, Classic Head cent, Liberty Cap cent, but not Kennedy half or Mercury dime) - Multiple coins of arbitrary types Submitting multiple of these fakes in a single submission might set of alarm bells if more than one are detected as fakes. Having other coins in a submission might give information as to whether a grader is influenced by these other coins. The experiment would take a long time a considerable amount of money to run. In order to prevent or forestall being made, you might want to farm out submissions to accomplices and piggyback on orders that fit the experiment, although that would also take a while. I'd bet that if you asked the TPGs about conducting this experiment, they'd all decline. There's little good that they could see coming out of having a fake slip by in the context of a publicized study. They'd probably welcome seeing the coins, but on their terms.[/QUOTE]
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