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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2734016, member: 19463&quot;]I know no one wants to hear this but I remain of the opinion that new collectors of any age who were new in the hobby decades ago started a bit slower and worked the way up to Otho, Pupienus, Macrinus and the like.&nbsp; Handling a bunch of Gordian III, Maximinus, Vespasian etc. coins might help in time.&nbsp; Certainly handling a thousand expensive/rare coins a week for 40-50 years like David Sear has will never be matched by most of us.&nbsp; We will never have that &#039;gut feeling&#039; level ability to feel comfortable making the call on some of these coins that are particularly attractive to fakers.&nbsp; What we can have is a feeling when we should spend the money and ask help from a pro or just walk away from a questionable coin.&nbsp; We mentioned this in the recent discussion of Antinous.&nbsp; If, right now,&nbsp; we must buy the commonly faked coins, we might be better off also collecting professional opinions from as many experts as you can find.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you are getting forgery reports back from more than one coin from a seller, you might want to consider using a different seller.&nbsp; A dealer who does not accept a Sear condemnation as reason for refund might not be the best source for future purchases.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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