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<p>[QUOTE="benhur767, post: 3254928, member: 36818"]I bought two obvious fakes from two reputable sellers, one of which I acquired from a major auction house, which had its provenance from a major collection. The other is from a dealer who regularly rails against eBay as a source of obvious fakes. Oh, the irony. I remember having twinges of doubt about both, but disregarding these doubts because the sellers are reputable. Also, the coin with the provenance came from the collection of a biblical archaeologist!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I showed both coins on Cointalk or FORVM (I forgot which), where they were immediately outed as fakes. Only then did it occur to me that they were obvious fakes, mostly due to questions of style and patina. Copies of the same fakes were plastered all over the Fake Coin Report. Luckily I was able to get refunds from both sellers without too much trouble.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="benhur767, post: 3254928, member: 36818"]I bought two obvious fakes from two reputable sellers, one of which I acquired from a major auction house, which had its provenance from a major collection. The other is from a dealer who regularly rails against eBay as a source of obvious fakes. Oh, the irony. I remember having twinges of doubt about both, but disregarding these doubts because the sellers are reputable. Also, the coin with the provenance came from the collection of a biblical archaeologist! Anyway, I showed both coins on Cointalk or FORVM (I forgot which), where they were immediately outed as fakes. Only then did it occur to me that they were obvious fakes, mostly due to questions of style and patina. Copies of the same fakes were plastered all over the Fake Coin Report. Luckily I was able to get refunds from both sellers without too much trouble.[/QUOTE]
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