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A growing scam targets beginners through self-published books on platforms like Amazon, purporting to be comprehensive guides to coin collecting, error identification, or valuation. These books often plagiarize photos of coin errors from the internet, lift information from legitimate numismatic sites, and fabricate author biographies—sometimes with AI-generated photos—to appear credible.
My book which was first launched in 2009 is now one of over 400 books on Amazon. I have lost almost all my sales to these fraudulent books.