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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 7275023, member: 110226&quot;]I agree.&nbsp; It just doesn&#039;t make sense that someone would go to the trouble of creating a fake coin, and then make it look as if it was at the bottom of a dumpster for nearly 2,000 years.&nbsp; Since coins that appear to be nearly fresh from the mint have much more appeal, it seems to me that the incentive for fakers is to make coins with such an appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen many, many fake tetradrachms of all stripes coming out of Bulgaria and offered through eBay by sellers, some with long track records foisting these coins on the public.&nbsp; These coins all have the same greyish color, mushy detail, poor attempts to mimic the correct element style, porosity, dubious edges, and bad lettering that don&#039;t fool experienced collectors, but do entice novice collectors to make some bad purchases.&nbsp; Without exception, based on my experience, these coins are presented as clean and blemish-free, and almost uniform in appearance within the coin type, hardly any variation, which should be a double or triple alarm bell for a collector of ancients.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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