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Message:: [QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 2495883, member: 76086"]This question has been posed many times.  Why would anyone fake/modify these?  Is the effort worth it?  The answer is that yes, in many parts of the world it is worth it.  Maybe it takes 36 hours (or many more, who knows) to modify and patinate any coin.  But, if they have essentially no cost into it (and yes, in parts of the world it is true that one can get genuine coins for essentially nothing), then that genuine unmodified coin might sell for say $50 or perhaps $10.  This one is currently at $166.50.  What is our time worth?  Obviously it is certainly worth the time and reward for either the seller or the wholesaler (whoever is responsible, but the seller may not be aware of what they are selling). Anyway, I waited until the last second to post the auction.  Here it is, just closed a few seconds ago: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/AGRIPPA-DOPONDIUS-/131901441400?hash=item1eb5f04578:g:hpMAAOSw6n5Xpwts&autorefresh=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/AGRIPPA-DOPONDIUS-/131901441400?hash=item1eb5f04578:g:hpMAAOSw6n5Xpwts&autorefresh=true" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/AGRIPPA-DOPONDIUS-/131901441400?hash=item1eb5f04578:g:hpMAAOSw6n5Xpwts&autorefresh=true</a>[/QUOTE]