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<p>[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8194332, member: 118780"]Disregarding the personal attack from a new (troll?) member, the figure is way higher than 5%. Just do a search for "Alexander the Great tetradrachm" and scroll through the fakes. Is it greater than 50% (and hence a majority)? That's difficult to say. There are certainly a large enough percentage that it's "buyer beware".</p><p><br /></p><p>Every week or so there's at least one post on this forum from someone who bought a Naxos tet from Bulgaria for $100 or some other fake coin from EBay and wants to know if it's real. I'm honestly unsure whether these are simply fakes manufacturers who want to check their wares, or if there are simply that many gullible people out there. It's probably a bit of both.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, many of the reputable stores on EBay also have shops on VCoins and ma-shops. Due to EBay fees, the prices are often lower on VCoins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8194332, member: 118780"]Disregarding the personal attack from a new (troll?) member, the figure is way higher than 5%. Just do a search for "Alexander the Great tetradrachm" and scroll through the fakes. Is it greater than 50% (and hence a majority)? That's difficult to say. There are certainly a large enough percentage that it's "buyer beware". Every week or so there's at least one post on this forum from someone who bought a Naxos tet from Bulgaria for $100 or some other fake coin from EBay and wants to know if it's real. I'm honestly unsure whether these are simply fakes manufacturers who want to check their wares, or if there are simply that many gullible people out there. It's probably a bit of both. Finally, many of the reputable stores on EBay also have shops on VCoins and ma-shops. Due to EBay fees, the prices are often lower on VCoins.[/QUOTE]
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