I agree, your presumed Augustus undertype example is great and the dolphin mark is particularly interesting and unusual. Does anyone know what the...
Most of my gorgons just look goofy or harmless, but this one is genuinely sinister: [ATTACH]
No, fakes have been around for centuries, and the same sort of market flooding of fake dollar/crown sized world silver coins hasn't destroyed...
Yeah, many of us started with "modern" coins and moved to greener ancient pastures. Lots of Greek and Roman coins can be very cheap, but it's...
Yeah that one has a measurably thick patina/converted surfaces, it's quite clear now that the shallow flakes on the fake are very different in...
Bravo and thank you for taking the time to compile that wonderful lesson, it's extremely helpful to have such a detailed autopsy of a fake to...
Yes it is, but to get those "actually good coins" you should hunt for individual pieces up for sale that are still dirty and superficially ugly,...
Thanks for the input! While I and likely everyone else here agrees that the "frog stater" is pitifully obvious, may I ask what you think about the...
Huh cool, Yugoslavian made sense but I couldn't really tell. If you do ever get more uncleaned coins, avoid US resellers and study the pictures to...
I'd never thought about it but recycling junk ancient culls to cast into new planchets would be an effective way to replicate the particular...
I came back to enjoy the coin some more, and realized that I have no idea what the so-called "Maiorina" denomination was worth relative to other...
A fake seller through and through, the only item they were selling that looked a bit convincing to me (without having any experience whatsoever...
That last coin looks like an especially crusty 20th century piece, I can't quite place it but it kinda looks like a Yugoslav, or maybe some other...
Definitely! People who are more comfortable buying from dealers at retail will almost invariably lose money when it's time to sell. Those dealers...
Ditto!!!:wideyed: That's an amazing example bcuda, congratulations and thanks for sharing! Definitely raises the bar relative to most other 4th...
I've bought thousands of items and sold over 10k items on eBay since I was a kid in '98, and obtain most of my pieces through the platform. I'd...
All that was established in the thread you linked to was that the items weren't coins. I don't know much about ancient jewelry but at least the...
Yeah, I see nothing here indicating any attempt at trolling. Just a fella who's not steeped in this forum's "culture" and values system trying to...
You should return the coins and get your money back if you have paid them anything yet. Be careful as that network of men may be dangerous and...
They all appear to be cast fakes, with the uneven rough fields and "soft" design elements lacking the crisp definition that struck coins typically...
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