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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 3496018, member: 39084&quot;]So, your recommendation would be that collectors <i>don&#039;t</i> buy from sellers who guarantee their coins, or <i>don&#039;t</i> get an agreement from the seller that they can return the coin if it&#039;s later found to be a forgery?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Either of my suggestions (1) and (2) are <i>necessary</i>, but not <i>sufficient</i>, conditions for feeling comfortable about <i>buying</i> an ancient coin.&nbsp; If you want to feel comfortable about the <i>authenticity</i> of the coin you purchased, read my condition (3).</p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately, the only way to feel completely comfortable about buying an authentic ancient coin is to fulfill conditions (1) or (2), and (3).&nbsp; I have, on this site, previously posted an example of a coin I won at auction that fulfilled condition #3 but later was judged to be a forgery, so condition #2 protected me.&nbsp; The idea that either condition #1 or condition #2 is a &quot;fallacy&quot; is just bewildering.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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