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<p>[QUOTE="octavius, post: 4435633, member: 100777"]Well I have no reason to harbor any preconceived ill will to Lanz since I have never purchased anything from him in the past; But as mentioned before , about 3 years ago or so I purchased a sestertius of Titus from Oblos auction. About one year later I saw the EXACT coin offered by Lanz. I emailed Oblos as well as Lanz to point this out. The next morning there was a gracious reply from Oblos agreeing that the coin was a forgery and a full refund including mailing costs were forthcoming. Oblos as well as myself notified Lanz who responded to me saying something to the effect that mistakes can happen. Yes indeed they can; however , the coin was never removed from his auction and went for about 1700 euros if I recall. Apparently they allowed someone to buy a fake.I seriously doubt the buyer would willingly pay $2000 dollars for a known fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, another identical example of this coin showed up in an Italian auction. I notified them and they promptly thanked me and removed the coin from their auction as well. </p><p>Again, I have no reasons to personally bear a grudge with Lanz - I had no business with them directly, but this certainly stunned and worried me.</p><p><br /></p><p>here is the coin in question in case it turns up again. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1109898[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="octavius, post: 4435633, member: 100777"]Well I have no reason to harbor any preconceived ill will to Lanz since I have never purchased anything from him in the past; But as mentioned before , about 3 years ago or so I purchased a sestertius of Titus from Oblos auction. About one year later I saw the EXACT coin offered by Lanz. I emailed Oblos as well as Lanz to point this out. The next morning there was a gracious reply from Oblos agreeing that the coin was a forgery and a full refund including mailing costs were forthcoming. Oblos as well as myself notified Lanz who responded to me saying something to the effect that mistakes can happen. Yes indeed they can; however , the coin was never removed from his auction and went for about 1700 euros if I recall. Apparently they allowed someone to buy a fake.I seriously doubt the buyer would willingly pay $2000 dollars for a known fake. Interestingly, another identical example of this coin showed up in an Italian auction. I notified them and they promptly thanked me and removed the coin from their auction as well. Again, I have no reasons to personally bear a grudge with Lanz - I had no business with them directly, but this certainly stunned and worried me. here is the coin in question in case it turns up again. [ATTACH=full]1109898[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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