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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 908426, member: 19463"]EBay has a reproductions section in which you should list the fakes but you also need to include all the key words like FAKE. I'd include the whole story that you bought the item from a kid in Afganistan and later found out that they were fakes. </p><p> </p><p>Major discussion groups like Forvm maintain a fake-sellers list of eBay names that no one should buy from. There is another thread on Coin Talk this week discussing that. You do not want to be on that list so list the items carefully. </p><p> </p><p>These fakes are not good enough that anyone who knows real coins would want them except as an exhibit in a 'Black Museum'. I have a few such items that I show to new collectors making the point that they should not buy such things. Some of my garbage is displayed on:</p><p><a href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/fake.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dougsmith.ancients.info/fake.html" rel="nofollow">http://dougsmith.ancients.info/fake.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 908426, member: 19463"]EBay has a reproductions section in which you should list the fakes but you also need to include all the key words like FAKE. I'd include the whole story that you bought the item from a kid in Afganistan and later found out that they were fakes. Major discussion groups like Forvm maintain a fake-sellers list of eBay names that no one should buy from. There is another thread on Coin Talk this week discussing that. You do not want to be on that list so list the items carefully. These fakes are not good enough that anyone who knows real coins would want them except as an exhibit in a 'Black Museum'. I have a few such items that I show to new collectors making the point that they should not buy such things. Some of my garbage is displayed on: [URL]http://dougsmith.ancients.info/fake.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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