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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2061964, member: 42773&quot;]Yes. In the case of the OP coin, authentication is worth the extra outlay, particularly if you don&#039;t know what to look for as far as forgeries go. However, many dealers slab common coins, particularly Late Roman Bronzes, that don&#039;t really need authentication at all. Then they mark them up 3 or 4 times their raw market value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d be happy to vet any coins you may be interested in by PM, and I&#039;m sure other members would be willing as well. If you post them in the open forum, there&#039;s always a chance some lurker will buy them out from under you.</p><p><br /></p><p>OldGoldGuy: yes, we&#039;re a tough crowd, but it&#039;s well-intentioned. We don&#039;t like seeing other collectors burned. And we&#039;re not really any tougher than some of the guys in the US forum. People presumably come to this forum to learn, and learning sometimes requires the blunt truth. I&#039;m very grateful that the members of this forum were bluntly honest with me when I first joined.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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