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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 3571921, member: 76194&quot;]<b>Rule of thumb: </b>If you find an extremely rare coin from a dead relative, or a relative gifts it to you, or on eBay for a ridiculously low amount, 99% of the time it&#039;s a forgery or it&#039;s misatributed and it&#039;s actually a fairly common coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure, surprises can happen. I&#039;m sure some relative of mine will have a blast one day after I&#039;m dead when they open my collection and see tens of thousands of dollars worth of ancient coins, but stuff like that doesn&#039;t happen every day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reminds me of people who try to pawn or sell their dead mom&#039;s mid-20th century blue vases and plates which were acquired in some UK trip in the 50&#039;s or 60&#039;s. They think they have a fortune until they walk into some antique shop and find the place bursting with the same exact stuff. Turns out the rare family inheritance is just some common tourist items that just about every American brought back from their overseas trip. For every 100 of these cases that turn out to be nothing special, you may only have 1 who has some genuine treasure such as a Picasso vase or other such valuable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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