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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2278882, member: 19463"]<a href="http://www.snible.org/coins/black_sea_hoard.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.snible.org/coins/black_sea_hoard.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.snible.org/coins/black_sea_hoard.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The interesting thing about the Black sea Hoard fakes is that they were struck from a large series of fake dies. The first were all diobols but they later made other denominations and variations. Other fakers even made some cast fakes using a struck fake as the mother coin. I suggest not buying any silver coin of the Black Sea region from any source you do not know well. I have made a point on not keeping up with these because I'd rather study things I find more interesting. I have a couple that I have had for a long time that came from a good source but I don't swear on them. I believe they are genuine. I don't plan on buying more. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]455156[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]455157[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2278882, member: 19463"][url]http://www.snible.org/coins/black_sea_hoard.html[/url] The interesting thing about the Black sea Hoard fakes is that they were struck from a large series of fake dies. The first were all diobols but they later made other denominations and variations. Other fakers even made some cast fakes using a struck fake as the mother coin. I suggest not buying any silver coin of the Black Sea region from any source you do not know well. I have made a point on not keeping up with these because I'd rather study things I find more interesting. I have a couple that I have had for a long time that came from a good source but I don't swear on them. I believe they are genuine. I don't plan on buying more. [ATTACH=full]455156[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]455157[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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