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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 940281, member: 19463&quot;]While I agree with the statements of the two above members, avoiding fakes is not all that hard if you follow three simple rules:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Consider all coins that seem too good to be true to be fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Only buy coins from people you trust until you learn enough about that coin to feel comfortable with your own abilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Realize that there are coins that are pretty certainly good, pretty certainly bad and possibly bad or good.&nbsp; Avoid all coins that are <u>not</u> pretty certainly good.&nbsp; You will miss on some good coins doing this but you will avoid more troubles.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You may live in a society that considers a person innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.&nbsp; Collect coins the other way: If there is reasonable doubt of their innocence, convict them (don&#039;t buy them).&nbsp;&nbsp; Coin collecting, particularly ancient coin collecting, involves a lot of study and skepticism balanced with trust.&nbsp; It is a poor hobby for persons unwilling to put the required work into it and a worse hobby for those who require certainty about every item.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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