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<p>[QUOTE="Good Cents, post: 3910575, member: 100720"]Thanks Jim!</p><p><br /></p><p>I plan on buying the coin from a reputable dealer. My concern is not in BUYING something Counterfeit. My concern is in SELLING the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Chinese have already successfully counterfeited Historic American Silver Coins and have sold lots of them on eBay and they are already part of the circulated coins out there (Sitting Liberty's, and others). My concern is with Gold coins being worth so much more, how simple or difficult a 1 ounce American gold coin will be to counterfeit and how simple or difficult it will be to identify a 1 ounce gold counterfeit so that when I go to sell it in 10+ years from now, how much of a problem will I face.</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Eidolon" had a good point with the Buffalos having almost 100% gold in them, that being tougher to duplicate in terms of weight. That's the kind of thing I'm looking for. Maybe the Eagles are easier to counterfeit because they have other metals in them. In which case in 20 years from now or so when/if I or my descendants try to sell them, which of the 2 coins will be easier to authenticate due to it being less counterfeit-able?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Good Cents, post: 3910575, member: 100720"]Thanks Jim! I plan on buying the coin from a reputable dealer. My concern is not in BUYING something Counterfeit. My concern is in SELLING the coins. The Chinese have already successfully counterfeited Historic American Silver Coins and have sold lots of them on eBay and they are already part of the circulated coins out there (Sitting Liberty's, and others). My concern is with Gold coins being worth so much more, how simple or difficult a 1 ounce American gold coin will be to counterfeit and how simple or difficult it will be to identify a 1 ounce gold counterfeit so that when I go to sell it in 10+ years from now, how much of a problem will I face. "The Eidolon" had a good point with the Buffalos having almost 100% gold in them, that being tougher to duplicate in terms of weight. That's the kind of thing I'm looking for. Maybe the Eagles are easier to counterfeit because they have other metals in them. In which case in 20 years from now or so when/if I or my descendants try to sell them, which of the 2 coins will be easier to authenticate due to it being less counterfeit-able?[/QUOTE]
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