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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Limes, post: 4351165, member: 101013&quot;]Hello everyone! Hope everyone is doing well. I was in doubt whether to share the following story or not. Despite the - in hindsight - reasons for doubting this specific coin, at the time of pruchase and the years after, I did not expect it to be a fake. Yes, this is a little tale about a fake coin, that recently has been unmasked.</p><p><br /></p><p>It began while adding some latest coin acquistions to the coin-display in my cabinet. I decided to share two of these acquisitions with this board. I did some additional research, going through the regular online sources, when, for some reason, I ended up on a biddingplatform (not ebay) I use frequently to check out the latest auctions. I stumbled upon a coin that is # 1 on my want list. But after looking closer and checking out the seller data, I found something suspicious and ended up browsing through forgery network and FAC&#039;s fake seller reports. I was shocked however, to stumble upon, purely by accident, an exact match of a coin I&#039;ve own for a few years now! The report on FAC was from late 2019, and I realised I most likely have in possession, a fake coin in retrospect. I contacted the sellerplatform via which I won the coin, and found out the seller has been inactive for almost two years. Disappointment. This story is not finished yet, however, and I have wait and see what happens next.</p><p><br /></p><p>I alleviate my feelings of shame by thinking of the necessary steps taken at the time of purchase. Browsing the obvious fake databases, buying via a platform (not ebay btw) and not private, comparing coins in databases to see if the style is wrong, and so on. Whether this truly is a case of back luck or poor preparations, I don&#039;t know. In the last years I raised the bar when it comes to coin purchases. Fakes, like my fake coin of Pompey last year, are ghosts from the past I believed. However, this case got me in doubt. What is the value of a guarantee when the seller is inactive? What is the value of &#039;authenticity guaranteed&#039; when new fakes, good fakes, appear? Oh well. The financial disadvantage is relative compared to the dent in my faith, trust, and self image as an amateur collector. I keep learning and, c&#039;est la vie, I guess. But the latest coin additions will have to wait for another time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for reading. I would like to take the opportunity to thank [USER=70512]@Okidoki[/USER] for the necessary information concerning the fake coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Please share a story of which you are not particularly proud of. And be honest, would my coin have fooled you too?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some pictures. Me, when having fun with my display and modest collection of Roman silver (and provincial of Britannicus):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101248[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The main character of this story:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1101249[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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