Yes welcom and I to will say Good TK BAD TABS
Sad but true. Trying to collect these things without actually looking at quite a few real ones in hand, with a glass and whatnot, is really almost impossible. I hate to say this. Surely you can also do the satellite imagery piece from afar, as many do here, but I think this kind of examination is akin to learning how to swim in a sand box.
And, please, dear collectors, do not take the above as arrogant old fartism, which it might seem to be. One saves one's self huge suffering and disappointment by the extra effort of somehow getting to see real material and also securing a reliable mentor. The latter is difficult in this wretched world. I never had such a person, actually. In my day, the task was easier in the sense that the fakes were not very good and not as omnipresent as they are today. The pace was also slower, too, without the electronic traps that make this thing so confusing today. You could actually look someone in the eye, often times, and take their measure.
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