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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1864369, member: 15445&quot;]Fakes are abundant <u>at all price levels</u>.&nbsp; I bought a $50 coin that was then diagnosed as fake here at CT.&nbsp; I then found a perfect match of the fake at the Forum Website (Dr. Ilya Prokopov&#039;s fakes list).&nbsp; There is also a section at Forum that discusses basic fake diagnostics but Dr. Ilya Prokopov&#039;s fakes list has photos of known fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a link to the CT thread where I posted my new Mesembria coin and learned that it was fake:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/black-sea-area-mesembria-apollonia-pontika.235080/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/black-sea-area-mesembria-apollonia-pontika.235080/">http://www.cointalk.com/threads/black-sea-area-mesembria-apollonia-pontika.235080/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>When you are surfing the web, check-out the fake sellers list.&nbsp; There is a <u>long</u> list of ancient coin dealers that should be avoided.&nbsp; Here is a link: <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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