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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marc Aceton, post: 2017153, member: 72101&quot;]Sad but true, this scandalous auction is just the tip of the iceberg. Of course, the amount of the counterfeits was extraordinary but one clearly has to state that virtually all auction houses leave it up to their clients to assess the quality of the material. In a grossly negligent manner, they are omitting to describe the items offered in their behalf correctly especially regarding tampering. And I could bet some of the persons in charge do this despite better knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is only a small comfort that collectors are only cheated with tampered coins in the vast majority of cases.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>What does this mean for me?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Even though I am exclusively purchasing my coins aside from Ebay, I feel always self-responsible to ascertain what happened to the coin since it would be foolhardy to trust the catalog descriptions. This means I have either try to acquire larger, more meaningful photos, provide myself a second opinion by fellow collectors or let the coins inspects by an independent expert. Further, bronzes will not get in my bank deposit box in a non-tested state! It is a shame, that auction houses leave this up to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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