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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 4465632, member: 93371&quot;]I suppose on the more sinister side the “winner” may have a venue to try and sell it to someone unknowing as genuine; that is my fear when I see things like this on the Bay and I’m confident the listing would have been removed if reported.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have some very nice electrotypes and again some may be good enough to sell as genuine which is a concern in the wrong hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen tooled and “weathered” Gallery Mint examples attempted to be sold as low grade genuine examples, with one well documented piece actually slabbed as genuine…</p><p><br /></p><p>Quick story- when I first joined EAC I decided to buy a lower grade “1804 Restrike” (actually a counterfeit) for my early large cent collection. I received the “coin” and sent it with a couple of other low grade large cents in to ANACS for slabbing- I was quite surprised when the 1804 came back in a body bag as counterfeit. Upon closer inspection I could see the seam of an electrotype- a fake of a fake! I learned from the experience, received my money back and have wished several times I had kept it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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