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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldCoinLover, post: 612393, member: 4336&quot;]Thanks to everyone for nominating this thread for thread of the week, I am pleased.</p><p><br /></p><p>I greatly appreciate it!</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to read more about counterfeit detection here are a few good books:</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Counterfeit-Detection-Official-Whitman-Guidebook/dp/0794820077" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Counterfeit-Detection-Official-Whitman-Guidebook/dp/0794820077" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Counterfeit-Detection-Official-Whitman-Guidebook/dp/0794820077</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This book is a goldmine of information, well written with hundreds of examples.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Numismatic-Forgery-Charles-M-Larson/dp/0974237124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244753250&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Numismatic-Forgery-Charles-M-Larson/dp/0974237124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244753250&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Numismatic-Forgery-Charles-M-Larson/dp/0974237124/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244753250&amp;sr=1-1</a></p><p>This is a very interesting and more technical book on how counterfeiters make coins. It goes over the metalworking process and is a scary inside look on the subject.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Grading-Counterfeit-Detection/dp/0375720502/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244753301&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Grading-Counterfeit-Detection/dp/0375720502/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244753301&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Grading-Counterfeit-Detection/dp/0375720502/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1244753301&amp;sr=1-1</a></p><p>Another great book, except this one shows geniune examples instead of counterfeit examples that Bill Fivaz book has, has many examples and is a great book on grading and counterfeits.</p><p><br /></p><p>I may add alterations to this section too, that is, altering a mint mark or date of a coin to make it more valueable. (I.e adding a mintmark to a mercury dime to make it a key date coin). When I took the class on counterfeit detection at the ANA, alterations was not my best subject. While I was good with gold counterfeit detection, I Found alterations very hard to detect, you need a good eye.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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