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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 3245444, member: 10613"]If you haven't spotted one recently, then you are not looking close enough, because they are out there.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>15 years ago a bunch turned up mainly in uncleaned lots--</p><p><a href="http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-fakes.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-fakes.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-fakes.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>more recently there are several different types from the "Smederova Hoard" like the coin below-</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850572[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>more from the same "hoard"</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850575[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>a Julian II that only recently turned up</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850573[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>a fake Valens (not so common a coin though)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850574[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>some really recent fakes-</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850576[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850577[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I could post many more, but suffice to say, there are fake LRB's on eBay. Most are authentic though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 3245444, member: 10613"]If you haven't spotted one recently, then you are not looking close enough, because they are out there. 15 years ago a bunch turned up mainly in uncleaned lots-- [url]http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-fakes.htm[/url] more recently there are several different types from the "Smederova Hoard" like the coin below- [ATTACH=full]850572[/ATTACH] more from the same "hoard" [ATTACH=full]850575[/ATTACH] a Julian II that only recently turned up [ATTACH=full]850573[/ATTACH] a fake Valens (not so common a coin though) [ATTACH=full]850574[/ATTACH] some really recent fakes- [ATTACH=full]850576[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]850577[/ATTACH] I could post many more, but suffice to say, there are fake LRB's on eBay. Most are authentic though.[/QUOTE]
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