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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;YOTHR, post: 25390684, member: 143785&quot;]However, this cannot be generalised. There are some Gordian III types that are also worth 200-300 USD, and if you take the first Gordianus Caesar type (Gordian Caesar RIC 1) with the emblems, then you can&#039;t even get them for less than 1,000 USD.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Experience! And as I have often mentioned to you, eBay is a very difficult minefield for a beginner. Sometimes it seems that there are more fakes on eBay than genuine coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many sales and good ratings are no guarantee that you are not dealing with a counterfeit seller. Likewise, an Ebay seller with only 10 positive ratings can be a serious seller - anything is possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you can do is look in the counterfeit database at NUMISWIKI and compare whether a coin on offer appears as a counterfeit type. Or whether the seller appears in the list of counterfeiters.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem, however, is that you don&#039;t seem to be able to recognise forgeries. So you will probably have to take the risk of having the coin examined here after buying it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Question. If you don&#039;t want to have the coin looked at by the experts here before you buy it, then there are only two options left: a) trust the seller and/or b) trust your own expertise. </p><p><br /></p><p>How else are you going to have the coin certified? The coin is with the seller. You don&#039;t want to show it to others. How can the coin then be verified?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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