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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Wolfstrike, post: 1357050, member: 35853&quot;]Disclaimer: i&#039;m not a coin collector, i know nothing about it</p><p><br /></p><p>a while back i see &quot;Ancient Roman coins&quot; on Ebay.</p><p>i&#039;m not really a coin collector but this caught my interest because they come packed in dirt and the sellers claim they don&#039;t know what they are.</p><p><br /></p><p>i never believed the whole story.</p><p><br /></p><p>i had some extra cash and i decided to buy some at $1 per coin to see what i would get.</p><p><br /></p><p>i was cleaning coins and i was pretty happy with my purchase...i was thinking of buying more,</p><p>... until i cleaned a coin that was made in Germany in 1812...and to make matters worse...i got a coin made in Yugoslavia in 1973!</p><p><br /></p><p>questions come to mind.</p><p>1) why would i receive newer coins in a batch of&nbsp; &quot;Ancient Roman coins&quot; that &quot;came directly form the excavators&quot;?</p><p>2) if the dealer threw them in, or they got mixed in , why would the newer coins be encrusted with dirt?</p><p><br /></p><p>i sent these questions to the dealer and he acts like he doesn&#039;t know what i&#039;m talking about.</p><p><br /></p><p>the guy is a &quot;reputable&quot; Ebay dealer with over 30,000 positive feedback and a 99% positive rating.</p><p>i read some of the negatives and not one person accused him of selling fake coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>so the story goes, people are digging up tons of these Roman coins from everywhere and only the ones that are silver ,gold, or super rare have any value.</p><p>&quot;Roman soldiers buried their coins, went off to war, and many didn&#039;t return&quot;&nbsp; ...sounds like a believable story.</p><p><br /></p><p>the reasons why i think these coins are fake...</p><p><br /></p><p>again,1) why would i receive newer coins in a batch of&nbsp; &quot;Ancient Roman coins&quot; that &quot;came directly form the excavators&quot;?</p><p>again, 2) if the dealer threw them in, or they got mixed in , why would the newer coins be encrusted with dirt?</p><p>3) i&#039;m not an expert on how metal deteriorates, but some of my &quot;Roman&quot; coins have a perfect patina and badly worn features.</p><p>if the features rotted off, why would the patina be thick?</p><p>4) i received a 1973 coin from Yugoslavia, which just-so-happens to be near the region where Roman coins are faked</p><p>5) over 3 days i saw 4 similar coins to mine on Ebay, but when i went to website that posted fake coins, i instantly found at least 3 matches. (although the backs were different)</p><p>6) it&#039;s my understanding, that at least at some point during the Roman empire, Roman soldiers weren&#039;t paid in coins but were paid with salt.&nbsp; everyone had bags of coins they had to hide?</p><p>7) I&#039;ve heard of stories of English people finding Roman coins on their property, and the government is all over them like white on rice. if Roman coins were so common, wouldn&#039;t the English government pick out the good stuff, or take photos and give the rest of the junk to the farmer?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>no doubt the dealers believe they are real.</p><p>let&#039;s just face this possibility things are worth what ever people think they&#039;re worth.</p><p><br /></p><p>i didn&#039;t post this to start any pointless argument i just would like to hear some logical answers[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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