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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8289907, member: 26430"]By now I recognize that Byzantine follis immediately, even with the fake weathering and not seeing the reverse: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-fakes.350625/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-fakes.350625/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-fakes.350625/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I hoped those particular fakes had dried up, but I keep seeing new variations. They finally started making them out of actual crackers! At least the ones from the 2019/20 wave were metal. I guess the forgers now don't even care if you know it's fake on arrival, just as long as it can pass in a photo. (Now that we have metal paints you can make paper and plastic look like solid bronze.... just won't feel like it in hand, especially when it crumbles.)</p><p><br /></p><p>That's quite brazen. Hope you get your refund! Don't let it get your hopes down. It's just time to readjust your buying strategy a bit. Onward and upward![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8289907, member: 26430"]By now I recognize that Byzantine follis immediately, even with the fake weathering and not seeing the reverse: [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-fakes.350625/[/URL] I hoped those particular fakes had dried up, but I keep seeing new variations. They finally started making them out of actual crackers! At least the ones from the 2019/20 wave were metal. I guess the forgers now don't even care if you know it's fake on arrival, just as long as it can pass in a photo. (Now that we have metal paints you can make paper and plastic look like solid bronze.... just won't feel like it in hand, especially when it crumbles.) That's quite brazen. Hope you get your refund! Don't let it get your hopes down. It's just time to readjust your buying strategy a bit. Onward and upward![/QUOTE]
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