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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3660341, member: 72790"]I have been collecting coins since I was a kid and that was 1957. I bought my first ancient in the spring of 1961. Whenever possible I like to have a coin in hand before purchase. I have an extensive library on ancient coins. I go to several major shows each year. In any one of those intervening years I have purchased at least a couple coins that turned out to be fraudulent. I now have an extensive "Black Cabinet" collection of fake ancient coins to remind me to be cautious. Presently I have two such coins to be returned to two separate coin show vendors. If one collects ancients long enough one is going to wind up purchasing fake coins. The current fakes are very, very good and I suspect a number of people reading this here have been swindled by unscrupulous sellers. If you like to hike in the woods you are going to run into poison ivy and ticks. You take prudent precautions but while one can reduce the chances of getting ticks and poison ivy you cannot eliminate the exposure. You learn as much as you can about ancient coins, deal with reputable sellers but still you are going to get stuck with fraudulent coins. Learn as much as you can, buy from dealers who have been around for a while, have built up a reputation for honesty and don't get too upset when you find yourself stuck with fake junk. Despite my occasional bad experiences, the joy and excitement of handling a coin once possibly held by Alexander the Great or Julius Caesar or one that bought a cup of posca at the local tavern in Pompeii or helped ferry a loved one across the River Styx makes the occasional deception worth it to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3660341, member: 72790"]I have been collecting coins since I was a kid and that was 1957. I bought my first ancient in the spring of 1961. Whenever possible I like to have a coin in hand before purchase. I have an extensive library on ancient coins. I go to several major shows each year. In any one of those intervening years I have purchased at least a couple coins that turned out to be fraudulent. I now have an extensive "Black Cabinet" collection of fake ancient coins to remind me to be cautious. Presently I have two such coins to be returned to two separate coin show vendors. If one collects ancients long enough one is going to wind up purchasing fake coins. The current fakes are very, very good and I suspect a number of people reading this here have been swindled by unscrupulous sellers. If you like to hike in the woods you are going to run into poison ivy and ticks. You take prudent precautions but while one can reduce the chances of getting ticks and poison ivy you cannot eliminate the exposure. You learn as much as you can about ancient coins, deal with reputable sellers but still you are going to get stuck with fraudulent coins. Learn as much as you can, buy from dealers who have been around for a while, have built up a reputation for honesty and don't get too upset when you find yourself stuck with fake junk. Despite my occasional bad experiences, the joy and excitement of handling a coin once possibly held by Alexander the Great or Julius Caesar or one that bought a cup of posca at the local tavern in Pompeii or helped ferry a loved one across the River Styx makes the occasional deception worth it to me.[/QUOTE]
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