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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2488768, member: 112"]Your comment pretty much sums up the real problem. You see just about everybody believes that is true - that the TPGs "know". Problem is, in a many cases - they don't know at all. </p><p><br /></p><p>And I'm not talking specifically about these Taels that Insider brought up, though they are a good example of the problem. Nor am I am only talking about the TPGs knowing or not knowing the correct weight & dimensions for coins. What I am talking about is the fact, and it is an absolute fact, that there are many different examples of world coins which are counterfeits, but yet have been slabbed by the TPGs as genuine coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>And the people that buy and own these slabbed counterfeits - are not aware that this problem even exists.</p><p><br /></p><p>Insider someplace there is a book that will contain the answer you need. No I don't know the title nor do I know the author. But at someplace, sometime, somebody has written such a book. To find your answer, search for that book - as opposed to the information contained within it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2488768, member: 112"]Your comment pretty much sums up the real problem. You see just about everybody believes that is true - that the TPGs "know". Problem is, in a many cases - they don't know at all. And I'm not talking specifically about these Taels that Insider brought up, though they are a good example of the problem. Nor am I am only talking about the TPGs knowing or not knowing the correct weight & dimensions for coins. What I am talking about is the fact, and it is an absolute fact, that there are many different examples of world coins which are counterfeits, but yet have been slabbed by the TPGs as genuine coins. And the people that buy and own these slabbed counterfeits - are not aware that this problem even exists. Insider someplace there is a book that will contain the answer you need. No I don't know the title nor do I know the author. But at someplace, sometime, somebody has written such a book. To find your answer, search for that book - as opposed to the information contained within it.[/QUOTE]
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