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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1554538, member: 26302"]Eh, its not like its any state secret. I am sure they make a lot better equipment in Germany than anything we ever sold/gave to them. And you know what? Most of it would be used for legitimate purposes. However, that same equipment can produce flans very easily. Heck, I worked at an automotive manufacturer 15 years ago that produced higher quality stampings than are needed for these things, with the ability to coat one metal with another as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Face it, this is not exactly rocket science. The main obstacle for would be forgers has always been the dies, not the flans or striking them. Its making perfect dies. This is where the chinese forgers are not perfect yet, but we can see they are improving both in dies and their fake slabs. That last one someone posted a month ago was beginning to get scary.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buy from reputable sources, learn to examine coins yourself for suspect looking pieces, and you are still fine today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1554538, member: 26302"]Eh, its not like its any state secret. I am sure they make a lot better equipment in Germany than anything we ever sold/gave to them. And you know what? Most of it would be used for legitimate purposes. However, that same equipment can produce flans very easily. Heck, I worked at an automotive manufacturer 15 years ago that produced higher quality stampings than are needed for these things, with the ability to coat one metal with another as well. Face it, this is not exactly rocket science. The main obstacle for would be forgers has always been the dies, not the flans or striking them. Its making perfect dies. This is where the chinese forgers are not perfect yet, but we can see they are improving both in dies and their fake slabs. That last one someone posted a month ago was beginning to get scary. Buy from reputable sources, learn to examine coins yourself for suspect looking pieces, and you are still fine today.[/QUOTE]
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