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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3182405, member: 24314&quot;]C-B-D, posted: &quot;...forgive me if it is inappropriate to ask, you certainly don&#039;t have to answer, but: Have you ever found out after the fact that a counterfeit coin OR an enhanced coin got by you? (eg: someone tooled full bands into a mercury dime).</p><p><br /></p><p>To clarify, I am only asking out of pure curiosity. I have accidentally bought 6 counterfeits and 1 altered/added mintmark over the last 4 years, one of which, a counterfeit, I sold unknowingly after having bought it myself! The buyer returned it after discovering it, I refunded him, apologized profusely, then destroyed it.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I plead the 5th!</p><p><br /></p><p>LOL, If I missed a rim file, or altered part of the design, I&#039;m unaware of it as I use a microscope to examine coins.&nbsp; Some of the stuff I find (chemically altered surfaces) may be considered to be market acceptable.&nbsp; We all make mistakes.&nbsp; Lucky for me I&#039;m backed up by others.&nbsp; Example, while conserving coins at NCS, a grader brought in a copper pattern for my opinion.&nbsp; I took a quick look, said it was OK, and went about my work.&nbsp; Two minutes later a different grader came in with the same coin as he thought it might be bad.&nbsp; I took the coin over to the scope and sure enough, in three seconds I saw it was a counterfeit.&nbsp; That was very embarrassing.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, I have called a two circulated and corroded copper coins genuine - these in the last two years as the fakes are very deceptive.&nbsp; I&#039;m in good company as this new group has fooled everyone - for a while.&nbsp; </p><p><b><i><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #ff0000">Inattention </span></i></b>is an authenticator&#039;s enemy so I&#039;ll confess to my BIG ONES:&nbsp; I missed the first embossed Buffalo nickel sent in.&nbsp; Who would have thought it could be done!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, ever hear of the 1959 Lincoln Cent mule?&nbsp; When we <b><i><span style="color: #ff0000">reexamined</span></i></b> it, we proved it was a counterfeit.&nbsp; It&#039;s a funny story that I&#039;ve told many times before.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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