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 Posted 05/03/2012  9:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Do you think there are fakes that are so good that it would be practically impossible to detect it?

Absolutely.


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If so... would it matter? I mean, if it can't be detected, would it matter if it's a fake or not?

It matters as soon as better detecting abilities are available.
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Wow, I wasn't expecting that answer... I thought there was always something that gave up a fake. Do you know of any infamous case of nearly perfect fakes being discovered?

I also thought counterfeiters only bothered with valuable coins, but just the other day my friend bought an really inexpensive copper fake. Why would anyone bother in faking a $2 copper coin?
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 Posted 05/04/2012  08:40 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Do you know of any infamous case of nearly perfect fakes being discovered?
Omega gold, Henning nickels, micro o Morgans (even got their own VAM listings, they were that good).


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I also thought counterfeiters only bothered with valuable coins, but just the other day my friend bought an really inexpensive copper fake. Why would anyone bother in faking a $2 copper coin?


If you can make 1000 $2 coins that no one is likely to look at, you made $2000. How much did you make this week?
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If you can make 1000 $2 coins that no one is likely to look at, you made $2000. How much did you make this week?


They could be making easier stuff that sells for $2; and also much easier to sell... how do you sell 1000 bad copper fakes in a week?
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 Posted 05/04/2012  9:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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how do you sell 1000 bad copper fakes in a week?

Why do you want to know?
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 Posted 05/05/2012  10:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add silvermaniac to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You caught me, I spent all week making cheap fake coins, and now I can't get rid of them...
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how do you sell 1000 bad copper fakes in a week?

You make about 100 of 20 different ones and put them up on ebay under a dozen or so different accounts. Vary it around a bit, keep increasing the range of coins you are making and vary the values from the $2 to the $20 range. You will be able to move a ton of fakes that way.
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