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Yet.
From: "Ray Williams njraywms@optonline.net [colonial-coins]" <colonia=
l-coins@yahoogroups.com>
To: "colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com" <colon=
ial-coins@yahoogroups.com>=20
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Scary
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=C2=A0 There's something to be said for buying well provenanced coins fro=
m reputable dealers who will make good if there's a problem.=C2=A0 I'm glad=
I don't collect a modernseries of coins where dependency on third party gr=
ading is necessary.=C2=A0 Not that there aren't colonial fakes - China is m=
aking them, but in general, they're not deceptive.=C2=A0 Ray
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 10:32 AM, James Higby earlyameric=
ancoppers@yahoo.com [colonial-coins] wrote:=C2=A0=C2=A0
Several years ago a dealer friend and I had a discussion of this very pheno=
menon, which has been going on for=C2=A0quite some time.=C2=A0 And every ti=
me there is online discussion, the slab counterfeiters and coin counterfeit=
ers take heed and correct their "errors."=C2=A0=C2=A0As they get better and=
better at their craft, there remain fewer and fewer who can tell the diffe=
rence.=C2=A0 Evidence exists that already both major slabbing companies hav=
e been fooled.=C2=A0 PCGS was set up at the=C2=A0Chicago International Coin=
Fair four years ago with a display of their own slabs that had fake or alt=
ered coins in them.=C2=A0 This raises the conundrum, "Can a fake coin (or f=
ake slab) be made so well that no one except the faker can tell the differe=
nce?"=C2=A0 That question, of course, has no answer, but the implications a=
re chilling, to say the least.=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
=C2=A0 From: "Ray Williams njraywms@optonline.net [colonial-coins]" <c=
olonial-coins@yahoogroups.com>
To: "colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com" <colon=
ial-coins@yahoogroups.com>=20
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 1:36 PM
Subject: [Colonial Numismatics] Scary
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=C2=A0 Hi Guys,
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 This is not colonial but it is scary!=C2=A0 A coun=
terfeit coin in a=20
counterfeit slab!=C2=A0 Although not on the below link, I think I heard tha=
t=20
the NGC number matches the coin and grade of a real slabbed coin.=C2=A0 So=
=20
how do we defend ourselves?=C2=A0 I don't have the answer.=C2=A0 If a coin =
dealer=20
is offered something like this, how can they tell it's bad.=C2=A0 Most peop=
le=20
just assume that if it's in plastic, it's good.=C2=A0
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 So if some of my friends out there are investing i=
n slabbed gold or=20
silver, be careful.=C2=A0 Get receipts, from reputable dealers, that itemiz=
e=20
the slab numbers.=C2=A0
Have fun out there!
Ray
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=3D"font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "Ray Williams njraywms@optonline.n=
et [colonial-coins]" <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com><br> <b><span st=
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<b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, November 2=
1, 2015 9:47 AM<br> <b id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1448121800494_2502"><span id=3D"y=
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<div>There's something to be said for buying well provenanced coins f=
rom reputable dealers who will make good if there's a problem. I'm gl=
ad I don't collect a modernseries of coins where dependency on third party =
grading is necessary. Not that there aren't colonial fakes - China is=
making them, but in general, they're not deceptive. </div><div>Ray</=
div><div class=3D"qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class=3D"yiv3926936897y=
qt4603651905" id=3D"yiv3926936897yqt41308"><div style=3D"font-family: Verda=
na;"><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>On Sat, Nov 21, 201=
5 at 10:32 AM, James Higby earlyamericancoppers@yahoo.com [colonial-coins] =
wrote:<div> </div><div> </div><blockquote style=3D"margin: 0pt 0p=
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6936897yui_3_16_0_1_1448119297364_3204" dir=3D"ltr">Several years ago a dea=
ler friend and I had a discussion of this very phenomenon, which has been g=
oing on for quite some time. And every time there is online disc=
ussion, the slab counterfeiters and coin counterfeiters take heed and corre=
ct their "errors." As they get better and better at their craft,=
there remain fewer and fewer who can tell the difference. Evidence e=
xists that already both major slabbing companies have been fooled. PC=
GS was set up at the Chicago International Coin Fair four years ago wi=
th a display of their own slabs that had fake or altered coins in them.&nbs=
p; This raises the conundrum, "Can a fake coin (or fake slab) be made so we=
ll that no one except the faker can tell the difference?" That
question, of course, has no answer, but the implications are chilling, to =
say the least. <br clear=3D"none"> =
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s njraywms@optonline.net [colonial-coins]" <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.c=
om><br clear=3D"none"> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span><=
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This is not colonial but it is scary! A coun=
terfeit coin in a <br clear=3D"none">
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is offered something like this, how can they tell it's bad. Most peop=
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just assume that if it's in plastic, it's good. <br clear=3D"none">
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silver, be careful. Get receipts, from reputable dealers, that itemiz=
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the slab numbers. <br clear=3D"none">
Have fun out there!<br clear=3D"none">
Ray<br clear=3D"none">
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