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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2886473, member: 76194&quot;]Ruin the hobby? If you are buying one of these in the first place you are not really into the ancient coins hobby. I&#039;d like to think even someone who hasn&#039;t been collecting for more than 3 months would never fall for any of these coins, even the LRBs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just look at this:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>GENUINE:</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]692930[/ATTACH] <b>Thessaly, Larissa. Ca. 356-342 B.C. </b></p><p><b>AR hemidrachm. Ex BCD, Ex C.C., May 1993.</b></p><p>(15.58 mm, 2.32 g, 10 h).</p><p>Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left</p><p>ΛAPIΣ-AIΩN, Horse standing right, preparing to roll.</p><p>BCD Thessaly II 333; SNG Copenhagen 132. VF.</p><p><b>Ex</b> BCD,</p><p><b>Ex</b> C.C., May 1993.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>FAKE FROM UNCLE JOHN&#039;S ATTIC:</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]692933[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]692932[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>If the style and fake patina/wrong material are not enough to raise a red flag, I&#039;d at least hope those unnatural razor-sharp edges clearly raised some sort of alarm, even if you knew very little about these coins. Even someone who doesn&#039;t know anything about this coin type, but is familiar with ancient Greek coins, should have had some red flags flashing in their heads when they saw this. But if none of that raised an alarm for you, maybe this hobby isn&#039;t for you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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