Yes, newbies should know that it seems there is an industry somewhere around Hong Kong that floods the market with fake coins...You can spot them usually by discrepencies in weight. You can also spot them by the areas the show wear (they will appear washed out, or lacking details), but without the tale-tale signs of small minute scratches that you find on circulated coins. Uncirculated coins should have the fine details that make them really pop out/stand out. So it might benefit them to get access to a coin catalog that tell them what the correct weight should be. Other tools are a good electronic scale, cotton gloves, magnifying glass, and small baggies. Avoid anything rubber, because rubber corrodes silver. Possession of any non-genuine coin that is not specifically labeled "copy" or "replica" is subject to prosecution for counterfeiting. I do everything I can to discourage the spread of these fakes. Hanglong.
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