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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bigjpst, post: 2269588, member: 21015&quot;]I agree with you that maybe Dancing Fire should have gotten more opinions before scratching a big X in the coin and selling it, but quite often, fake gold coins are made from real gold, and even real U.S. mint gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Counterfeiters can be very smart, and by melting a genuine U.S. $20 and making smaller denomination better date or even common date coins they add a lot of credibility to the fake. Add a slightly better date or mm to the smaller coin and the profitability increases.</p><p>Knowing the minting process and how genuine coins are made is the key IMO of learning to detect altered coins, fake errors and flat out counterfeit coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ANA teaches classes on detecting counterfeits at summer seminar, but for those that can&#039;t make the trip they have several books and a correspondence course that are fantastic. These are a few of the books I enjoyed reading. (My only affiliation with any of the authors is my ANA membership.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/modern-minting-process-varieties-correspondence/dp/0896370194/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1446944298&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+minting+process&amp;pebp=1446944302130&amp;perid=0EG57G83X5439WE58TEP" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/modern-minting-process-varieties-correspondence/dp/0896370194/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1446944298&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+minting+process&amp;pebp=1446944302130&amp;perid=0EG57G83X5439WE58TEP" rel="nofollow">The modern minting process and U.S. error coins and varieties</a></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Detecting-Counterfeit-Altered-correspondence-course/dp/0896370151/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1446944478&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=detecting+altered+and+counterfeit+coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Detecting-Counterfeit-Altered-correspondence-course/dp/0896370151/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1446944478&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=detecting+altered+and+counterfeit+coins" rel="nofollow">Detecting altered and counterfeit U.S. Coins</a></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Grading-Counterfeit-Detection/dp/0676600409" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Grading-Counterfeit-Detection/dp/0676600409" rel="nofollow">The official guide to coin grading and counterfeit detection</a></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Numismatic-Forgery-Charles-M-Larson/dp/0974237124/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1446944626&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=numismatic+forgery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Numismatic-Forgery-Charles-M-Larson/dp/0974237124/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1446944626&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=numismatic+forgery" rel="nofollow">Numismatic Forgery</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh and P.S. if you are a member of the ANA, they have a library where you can check out many of these books and even some videos for the price of shipping.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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