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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nemo, post: 3030310, member: 58462&quot;]I&#039;ve had the oddest exchange this week with a Swiss auction house.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want to name them publicly till this reaches a conclusion but they have auctions running April 3-7.</p><p><br /></p><p>Last year I won from them what I hoped was a nice 1/48 el stater. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]755130[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, after submitting it to Sear, it came back as a modern forgery.&nbsp; Sear lists problems with the engraving and unnaturally smooth field on the obverse and a reverse that should be a quartered incuse square as reasons to condemn it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I promptly sent a scan of his forgery report to the auction house kindly requesting a refund. </p><p>This was their response:</p><p>&quot;Dear Sir,</p><p>The coin you bought is according to our experts, perfectly original and guaranteed as such. We are ready to send you an authenticity certificate, if you wish one.</p><p>The only authority in the US, is NGC who can determine if a coin is original or not. If you have any doubts, feel free to submit your coin to NGC and if they slab it, you will have the proof of authenticity.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin cost me about $200 so it&#039;s not the end of the world but after paying the Sear fee plus shipping, I&#039;m not about to send this off to NGC as well!</p><p><br /></p><p>I replied by listing Sear&#039;s credentials in the hope they would have a change of heart and this is where things got really weird.</p><p>&quot;Dear Sir,</p><p>We are taking back coins if they are proved as forgeries during 45 days after the sale. In this case we are sure that your coin is original so we are happy to take it on consignement for next auction or we can also credit your account for the amount of your invoice, if you want to purchase other coins in our next auction.</p><p>If you wish to consign it, we will indicate you a shipping adress for the mailing of coin.</p><p>Thank you&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>They are offering to consign a coin with a Sear forgery report.&nbsp; I am genuinely dumbfounded by this![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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