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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 1979528, member: 13307&quot;]For the &quot;junk&quot; stuff - fancied up state quarters, Littleton coins, etc - beauty is in the eye of the beholder.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen plenty of people buy this stuff like it was made of gold.&nbsp; But these are people with money to burn and probably a compulsive hoarding issue (at least they&#039;re hoarding money!)</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the &quot;fake&quot; stuff, I would think there are standards for the auctioneer association to which the auctioneer belongs.&nbsp; Of course, if someone describes a gold-plated bar as a &quot;gold bar&quot; - WE know there is a difference...but plenty of people don&#039;t.&nbsp; I will usually believe that an auctioneer can tell the difference between real/fake gold bars/bullion (although...to be fair, I&#039;ve seen my friend fooled temporarily on a couple occasions.)&nbsp; But we ALWAYS do our best to describe things properly.&nbsp; If this particular auction house is doing this on a regular basis, I might either ask them about it or ask their auctioneers association.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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