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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2890616, member: 76194&quot;]I have a policy of destroying any fakes I come across after taking photos to document them for educational purposes. What if I die and my family sells the fakes along with the good coins (without realizing the difference obviously.) I would hate for a new collector to get hurt by that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have 124 coins in my collection at present, though counting the ones I&#039;ve given away or sold, I&#039;ve probably bought around 175 ancient coins. So far I&#039;ve only documented two fakes... but then again, all my coins have come from either Vcoins, Civitas Galleries, Ancient Imports, John Anthony, Ken Dorney, CNG and Agora, and a few from FORVM,&nbsp; and 2 dealers in England whom are also Vcoins contributors. I&#039;ve also bought a few coins privately from other forum members, and those coins were mostly acquired by them from CNG or Agora Auctions or vcoins. In other words, I don&#039;t buy from questionable people on Ebay who found a coin in their &quot;Uncle John&#039;s attic.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess that conservatism of mine, which leads me to buy from a small trustworthy group, has mostly shielded me from questionable coins...even if it has meant paying a little more at times or having to pass up on coins I want because I dont trust the source. But I think those small downsides/ inconveniences are worth it. Yes, I&#039;ve still had 2 fakes. But two fakes from 175 coins is not a bad rate. Certainly beats the rate of being burned some of you who actively buy on Ebay seem to have. I guarantee you that if I had been actively buying on Ebay I would have documented at least 7 or 8 more fakes between the coins I bought. Some of the Ebay fakes are passable in the bad photos people post there, and you can&#039;t tell until you actually have the coin in hand and examine it closely that you&#039;ve been had.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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