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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Odysseus, post: 2405108, member: 78274&quot;]Wow! Thank you all for the great feed-backs.</p><p>I am very glad to see how much people appreciate my new blog, in few days it has been visited by thousands. I intended it primarily as a resource for less experienced collectors, to avoid fakes, but also as a tool for scholars, because the most dangerous aspect of the actual invasion of fakes on the market is not for private collectors (caveat emptor), but rather for collective knowledge, as if a scholar should include some of those fakes and &quot;unlisted dies&quot; in a published study... it would be a great damage for Numismatics, adulterating our view of ancient history.</p><p>About sellers, I think we should not condemn they all. Some of them are surely not fair, especially those who list again and again fake coins once they have been returned or publicly condemned. I hope my blog will have the effect of making them more careful about what they list, to save their reputation. But really I am convinced that the great majority of sellers are not dishonest, they are victims of counterfeiters just like us collectors! The invasion of fakes is determining the risk of killing the hobby of many people, and this shall not happen! So, do not be frightened by my blog, do not be overcome by fear of buying fakes. Rather, use this fear as a stimulus to the study, an input research, to networking each other to identify and condemn fakes, and to better appreciate the beauty of genuineness.</p><p>About the major auction houses listing fakes, I think that if one likes the coins they list, he should continue to bid with confidence, as their coins are guaranteed for life, so if some day one should spot that he bought a fake, he will be refunded.</p><p>Goodbye all, and stay tuned, I still have so much stuff to publish on my blog. Also, if you have any advice or criticism, please tell me, I think we should always network to defeat forgers.</p><p>With kindest regards.</p><p>Odysseus[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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