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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 3423334, member: 99554"]A surreal situation happened lately on another ancient coin forum of discussion. A very experienced collector is asking assistance to confirm the mint of a Gordian III antoninianus. So many experts ( I mean real experts ) are giving their opinion and explanations about the coin. But suddenly, out of nowhere, a member posted this comment : <i>your coin seems to be a modern fake, from eastern Europe...</i></p><p>The sceptical reply : <i>why do you say that ? Do you have proofs ?</i></p><p>The answer :<i>the style of your is ugly (!), and the reverse is from the same die of this modern fake...</i>( link to a Fake coin Report ).</p><p>The reply of the poor stunned guy : <i>I have this coin in my collection for 8 years!</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>This is what I call a <u>lesson of humility. </u>For me and for all collectors. Is it possible that a forgery has find his way in my collection ? It happened to me years ago. I bought an ‘uncleaned’ lot of roman coins. Had a lot of fun working slowly on them. Finally one of my best achievement was a Constantius II , which I proudly add to my modest series of Emperors. Two years later, I discovered that it was in fact a forgery struck from modern dies...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]909022[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But how was it possible ?I read so many times not to worry about cheap bronze coins. Forgers doesn’t touch these, it is not worthing it. And I paid about 15 $ for 25 uncleaned coins. There is no money to make there...</p><p><br /></p><p>So what is going on in the little brain of those forgers ? Maybe this short story can inlight us. When I was a student, I used to work as a ‘undercover’ security agent in a big drugstore. Our goal was to catch shoplifters. One day this man with a long trenchcoat came in and was very suspicious. I fallowed him discretly and saw him taking an object, unwrapping it and put it in his pocket. He finally left the store without paying, so we stopped him outside and called the cups. When the officier searched him, we discovered that he had stolen a small nail trimmer. 6.99$ retail price. We caught the guy just before he ran away in his 50000$ BMW...The policeman explained us that those cleptomaniac just steel for the thrill— the adrenaline boost. He called this a <i>mental orgasm.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I’m sure many forgers has the same kind of feelings when they achieve to fool someone, when they try to flood the market with their creations. Well, one of them had his little pleasure with the Gordian III coin...Am I the only one here who had been tricked once ?</p><p>Please now be <u>humble</u>, and show us your shameful coins ! (If you did not destroyed them like I did )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 3423334, member: 99554"]A surreal situation happened lately on another ancient coin forum of discussion. A very experienced collector is asking assistance to confirm the mint of a Gordian III antoninianus. So many experts ( I mean real experts ) are giving their opinion and explanations about the coin. But suddenly, out of nowhere, a member posted this comment : [I]your coin seems to be a modern fake, from eastern Europe...[/I] The sceptical reply : [I]why do you say that ? Do you have proofs ?[/I] The answer :[I]the style of your is ugly (!), and the reverse is from the same die of this modern fake...[/I]( link to a Fake coin Report ). The reply of the poor stunned guy : [I]I have this coin in my collection for 8 years! [/I] This is what I call a [U]lesson of humility. [/U]For me and for all collectors. Is it possible that a forgery has find his way in my collection ? It happened to me years ago. I bought an ‘uncleaned’ lot of roman coins. Had a lot of fun working slowly on them. Finally one of my best achievement was a Constantius II , which I proudly add to my modest series of Emperors. Two years later, I discovered that it was in fact a forgery struck from modern dies... [ATTACH=full]909022[/ATTACH] But how was it possible ?I read so many times not to worry about cheap bronze coins. Forgers doesn’t touch these, it is not worthing it. And I paid about 15 $ for 25 uncleaned coins. There is no money to make there... So what is going on in the little brain of those forgers ? Maybe this short story can inlight us. When I was a student, I used to work as a ‘undercover’ security agent in a big drugstore. Our goal was to catch shoplifters. One day this man with a long trenchcoat came in and was very suspicious. I fallowed him discretly and saw him taking an object, unwrapping it and put it in his pocket. He finally left the store without paying, so we stopped him outside and called the cups. When the officier searched him, we discovered that he had stolen a small nail trimmer. 6.99$ retail price. We caught the guy just before he ran away in his 50000$ BMW...The policeman explained us that those cleptomaniac just steel for the thrill— the adrenaline boost. He called this a [I]mental orgasm. [/I] I’m sure many forgers has the same kind of feelings when they achieve to fool someone, when they try to flood the market with their creations. Well, one of them had his little pleasure with the Gordian III coin...Am I the only one here who had been tricked once ? Please now be [U]humble[/U], and show us your shameful coins ! (If you did not destroyed them like I did )[/QUOTE]
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