Newsletter Readers’ Poll suggest that technology is making counterfeiters' jobs easier rather than vice versa.

An ongoing scam thought to be based in the San Francisco Bay Area involving the sale of “counterfeit ... The coins, which are contained in protective plastic holders, even appear authentic ...

says some crooks are now putting their fake gold and silver coins into authentic-looking collector coin holders called slabs, complete with bogus bar codes and registration numbers. This makes it ...