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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2779210, member: 19463&quot;]There is one more point that might secure my position in the parade.&nbsp; Barry&#039;s opinion on a coin is as valuable to me as anyone&#039;s I know with one exception.&nbsp; Mine.&nbsp; I don&#039;t care how certain the world is about a coin, I don&#039;t want it if I don&#039;t want it.&nbsp; Barry has to make a call on coins - thumbs up or thumbs down.&nbsp; It is what he does for a living.&nbsp; I don&#039;t.&nbsp; If I were to own one of these coins, I could not sell it to a collector and feel right.&nbsp; I could not put it in my collection and feel right.&nbsp; I know I have fake coins in my collection and wish I knew which ones they are but buying one of these coins with the highest level of certainty about their status. </p><p><br /></p><p>Today, there are several people here who have expressed an uneasy feeling about the coins.&nbsp; In fifty years will that have changed so selling the coins would be easier or will these be a giant joke like we experienced with the first wave of Black Sea Hoard diobols that were sold by major players in the business and certified by many experts.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know but I do know that I don&#039;t need the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Style is a matter on coins that means something to some people and nothing to others.&nbsp; A sub-group of coins that look off style like these do to me could mean something interesting.&nbsp; I used to buy Alexandria mint Severan denarii that the sellers thought were questionable because of their style.&nbsp; More recently there has been a wave of off style Pompey denarii that some say are fakes and some say are good.&nbsp; People who certify coins for a living have to have an opinion but I am happy just to say I will buy something else with my limited resources. </p><p><br /></p><p>Over on Forvm Ancient Coins, Joe posted what I consider to be a classic entitled:</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18946.msg126335#msg126335" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18946.msg126335#msg126335" rel="nofollow">IF YOU DON&#039;T KNOW ENOUGH TO GIVE ADVICE - DON&#039;T</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18946.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18946.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18946.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In it he says it is not necessary for those with no good basis for an opinion to pile on their vote.&nbsp; Many people take offence at that post and say that venue is an unfriendly place filled with snobs.&nbsp; Here on Coin Talk, we tend to act like we are required to make a post saying that we don&#039;t know and don&#039;t collect but want to offer opinions anyway.&nbsp; Perhaps the best answer lies somewhere in the middle.&nbsp; I do not want anything I have said or &#039;liked&#039; on this post to be taken to mean I think I know the true answer and Barry is wrong.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If we drown enough old ladies, sooner or later we will find us a witch. </p><p>By Unknown - Internet Archive, Public Domain, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46968208" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46968208" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46968208</a></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Old_woman_draught_at_Ratcliffe_Highway.png/1280px-Old_woman_draught_at_Ratcliffe_Highway.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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