Visiting And Shopping Inside And Outside The Former Soviet Union.
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I have visited Latvia with my wife every two years for the past 10 years. I have not seen too many fakes. The couple of "antique dealers" and medal enthusiasts I have bought from in both Riga and Daugavpils are aware of the sensitivities of fakes and all knew of Paul McDaniel. I have bought many expensive Soviet orders and medals from Latvia (at very reasonable prices) and have not had one turned back as a fake from Paul.

However, Estonia is a different story. There was not one store I went to that didn't carry fakes selling them as real. It was scary.

I guess, like always, know who you are buying from and educate yourself the best you can as to how to spot fakes.

Maybe I have just been lucky.

Rick
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Visiting And Shopping Inside And Outside The Former Soviet Union. - by Rick - 07-24-2004, 05:32 PM

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