This year was a very challenging one, as auction competition and hammer prices increased a lot. I was at the verge of dropping the hobby, but in...
This one is the BnF de Luynes example: [ATTACH] And this fake currently appears in a French auction. Strangely enough, the forgers decided to...
I noticed this coin in a platform auction for some time now, but I wasn't sure which coin was used as the mother to create it. Both Gillet and BCD...
This appears in a current auction listing without any note of the repair. [ATTACH] The same coin from an earlier passage in a different sale....
This is currently listed in an auction, beware that's not a real coin but a Caprara forgery. I am not sure if gold coins from Paros even exist ??!...
I was just informed that the archeologist Dr Ioannis Touratsoglou passed at the age of 80. I am sure everyone collecting Antigonids is familiar...
This coin currently auctioned is fake. Unfortunately it has many bids already. [ATTACH]
Currently offered in an auction as Cahn 71 (!!!????) this type is actually illustrated as a modern fake (F1) in Cahn. Sadly, there are several...
There aren't a lot of fake EL hektes around so I was surprised when this popped up in eBay. It pretends to be Bodenstedt 55 but it's a failure. It...
I don't particularly like keeping coins in NGC slabs. In this case I can't even imagine why the coin got slabbed in the first place. You don't...
Here's a recreational spot the difference game Auctioned yesterday: [ATTACH] For sale today: [ATTACH]
Since this was a side thread inside the other one which unfortunately got locked and since @Rich Beale, never answered to my question, I iterate...
This year has been different in many aspects; numismatically it was not good for me. I unfortunately could not win my major targets due to the...
There seems to be a great influx of different types of staters from Paphos in the market. Unfortunately this is also a chance for forgers to play...
Advisors have advised, collectors had their day dreams, the hammer fell today and most of the coins went to the 2 persons who pay what is needed...
Browsing through auctions can get at times hilarious. [ATTACH]
I was quite surprised to see today a distater from Thurium to sell in NAC for 7500 CHF with an earlier record of 2300 GBP, while it should never...
I just received a newsletter from Goldberg with a pompous header saying coin prices are on fire. As examples they have a decadrachm from Syracuse...
I just noticed for sale (or recently sold) a few tetradrachms from Olynthos which are most probably fake. Coin 1: Reported weight close to 17g...
Some years ago I got this Athenian tetradrachm, which while technically is low grade, in hand it has enormous eye appeal because of the deep...
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