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<p>[QUOTE="ToughCOINS, post: 5528612, member: 20480"]The problem is that those offering the counterfeits for sale can still shoot and post blurry photos of corresponding coins and holders for which PCGS / NGC have posted good images.</p><p><br /></p><p>China is the biggest problem but, if they cracked down, the source of counterfeiting would simply change to the next nation that delivers the highest ratio of reward to risk. I think as long as counterfeiting is punishable only with a relative slap on the wrist, it will continue unabated. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, <b>if all governments would enforce and impose the same penalties for counterfeiting of any kind that they do for counterfeiting their currency, and for government officials facilitating it by accepting bribes / looking the other way, I guarantee we'd see a substantial decrease!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ToughCOINS, post: 5528612, member: 20480"]The problem is that those offering the counterfeits for sale can still shoot and post blurry photos of corresponding coins and holders for which PCGS / NGC have posted good images. China is the biggest problem but, if they cracked down, the source of counterfeiting would simply change to the next nation that delivers the highest ratio of reward to risk. I think as long as counterfeiting is punishable only with a relative slap on the wrist, it will continue unabated. Now, [B]if all governments would enforce and impose the same penalties for counterfeiting of any kind that they do for counterfeiting their currency, and for government officials facilitating it by accepting bribes / looking the other way, I guarantee we'd see a substantial decrease![/B][/QUOTE]
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