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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2440704, member: 31620&quot;]I thought I would post this just as a reminder to people.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>When buying ancients don&#039;t blindly trust the seller, they also make mistakes, Know your subject and do your own research.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The following Nero As appeared on a well known reputable coin sales venue. It was described as &quot;&quot;FDC, one of the finest known&quot; and had a very healthy proce tag of around $6,000 or around £4,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]508533[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]508534[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is an artificially aged modern fake. Struck from modern dies created by Lipanoff.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/14710/neron3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The seller immediately removed the coin from sale when informed. This thread is not about the seller, who apart from not knowing enough about the coin behaved as I would expect a professional dealer to behave.</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone had bought it and later found out it was a fake they would have had a refund but there is still a cost behind doing this. Your money should have bought something else.</p><p><br /></p><p>It took me about a heartbeat to spot it as a fake. Others might not have questioned it because they trust the seller or the venue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess what I am trying to say is. Be careful out there. One way of doing this is to know you subject and do your research.</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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