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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7334541, member: 19463&quot;]If you knew in advance that he was a known fake-seller and still bought the coin from him, I think you should keep the coin for your &#039;Black Museum&#039; and eat the $42 as tuition in the school of tough love.&nbsp; If you were innocent and ignorant and were taken in by a smooth talking criminal, I might have some pity for you but buying even a genuine coin from a known fake-seller you are sending his kids to pick-pocket and scammer school which makes you part of the problem.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t like the concept of defacing / destroying coins you think are fake because I have seen perfectly good coins condemned by people who think they know the thing is fake.&nbsp; A few years ago, there was a relatively well known seller that listed Eastern mint denarii as barbarous or imitations &#039;as-is&#039;.&nbsp; I agree the coin is bad in this case but suggest you commute its sentence to life imprisonment and try to learn from it.&nbsp; One of the coins highest on my want list is a fake I was shown fifty years ago.&nbsp; It was an as of Severus Alexander (I think) tooled into a Pescennius Niger.&nbsp; My &#039;Black Museum&#039; really wants that coin.&nbsp; Please don&#039;t destroy it. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the picture below, which coins are fake and which deserve to be destroyed.&nbsp; Governor, at least one of these is innocent.&nbsp; More?&nbsp; You say &#039;Kill&#039;em all&#039;?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1280864[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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