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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 4958657, member: 1765"]The shady bits aren't so much that they're being authenticated, it's how they came to be in the first place. It doesn't rise to the level of the 1913 Liberty nickels, but abuses at the mint to benefit specific collectors were not an isolated incident. A rather thick book could probably be written on the subject, including some early proof coinage, making patterns to trade to collectors in the 19th century, the 1804 dollar restrikes, the 1913 Liberty nickel, 1921 proof dollars, error coins from SF in the early 70s, "lost" aluminum cents given to Congress, Mickley restrikes from old dies sold to a collector, ...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 4958657, member: 1765"]The shady bits aren't so much that they're being authenticated, it's how they came to be in the first place. It doesn't rise to the level of the 1913 Liberty nickels, but abuses at the mint to benefit specific collectors were not an isolated incident. A rather thick book could probably be written on the subject, including some early proof coinage, making patterns to trade to collectors in the 19th century, the 1804 dollar restrikes, the 1913 Liberty nickel, 1921 proof dollars, error coins from SF in the early 70s, "lost" aluminum cents given to Congress, Mickley restrikes from old dies sold to a collector, ...[/QUOTE]
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