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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3254963, member: 91461"]Great thread idea [USER=99613]@Numisnewbiest[/USER]! That's a rough and costly mistake you made. And one that is similar to many of us. It's important for us to commiserate. Not only for laughs (and tears) but also so that hopefully others will learn from our missteps.</p><p>I recently did a thread with some of my face palmiest moments<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> sharing a number of fakes I bought before finding this place:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-this-fake-you-bet-your-sweet-as-it-is.327268/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-this-fake-you-bet-your-sweet-as-it-is.327268/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-this-fake-you-bet-your-sweet-as-it-is.327268/</a></p><p>Probably the coin that hurt the most to realize was faker than a Kardashian was the Sulla. Man, I was just starting out on Roman republicans, had just finished a thrilling book, "The Storm before the storm". And had to have a Sulla coin! So what did I do? I went straight to ebay and got this masterpiece of shiz:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]854965[/ATTACH] </p><p>Ouch! Hurts just to look at.</p><p>Anyway, as time went by I was able to get a different, budget, Sulla that is very real:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]854969[/ATTACH] </p><p>Yeeeeaaa! Happy endings<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3254963, member: 91461"]Great thread idea [USER=99613]@Numisnewbiest[/USER]! That's a rough and costly mistake you made. And one that is similar to many of us. It's important for us to commiserate. Not only for laughs (and tears) but also so that hopefully others will learn from our missteps. I recently did a thread with some of my face palmiest moments:facepalm: sharing a number of fakes I bought before finding this place: [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/is-this-fake-you-bet-your-sweet-as-it-is.327268/[/url] Probably the coin that hurt the most to realize was faker than a Kardashian was the Sulla. Man, I was just starting out on Roman republicans, had just finished a thrilling book, "The Storm before the storm". And had to have a Sulla coin! So what did I do? I went straight to ebay and got this masterpiece of shiz: [ATTACH=full]854965[/ATTACH] Ouch! Hurts just to look at. Anyway, as time went by I was able to get a different, budget, Sulla that is very real: [ATTACH=full]854969[/ATTACH] Yeeeeaaa! Happy endings:D:cool:[/QUOTE]
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