Several makers have been conceded in public catalogs to be the products of the 1950s and 1960s - Todd Fehn California Assay Company (gold bars), Nevada Silver Company (silver bars), IDP (gold bars), Comstock Mines (silver bars). These are not listed among the fakes - all have been catalogued and identified as modern pieces in the Clifford auction (Bowers & Ruddy 3/1982, lots 181, 182, 219, 226, 230; see also Superior 1/1985, lot 2130, Superior 5/1987:3171, and Stack's 1/2003:1675). If dealers and collectors are conscientious about their catalog references, these bars will wreak no havoc, since the consensus already exists that they are modern creations.
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