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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Harry G, post: 8195344, member: 105282&quot;]The topic of eBay is a bit controversial. I <i>would </i>recommend newbies buy from it, but <b>only </b>from reputable sellers (e.g. people that also sell on VCoins, people with physical shops (<b>not </b>including Mr. LowRating_HighPrice of course) etc.). I pretty much only buy from sellers here in the UK, and don&#039;t know which sellers in the US or CA (which I assume OP is from given the use of the word &quot;dollar&quot;) are good or not, but maybe someone here has a list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once able to identify fakes, I would say most &quot;random&quot; sellers can be bought from, although there is still an element of risk. I have almost 500 coins in my collection, and I&#039;d say about 400 of them came from eBay. I&#039;ve only bought two fakes that I know of (a Bulgarian Probus antoninianus), and that was sold by a very well known London dealer in a group lot, and one that I knew was fake before I bought it, but thought it was interesting anyway. I also have a Balbinus that is pretty suspicious. I&#039;ve taken it to show experts in person, and they even they can&#039;t say for certain lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that said, I pretty much only buy antoniniani, which aren&#039;t particularly commonly faked (and least compared to early denarii, Alexander tets etc.). I probably wouldn&#039;t buy on eBay if I collected a &quot;higher risk&quot; category of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, VCoins and ma-shops sell less fakes than eBay, but I find they generally charge more (and there&#039;s less of a chance of finding a hidden rarity), so I don&#039;t tend to use them as much. I do like to buy at auctions, though, particularly from Roma. Local coin fairs are also some of my favourite places to buy from.</p><p><br /></p><p>My fakes:</p><p><br /></p><p>Probus. Ex Bulgarian studio</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1435413[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine. Apparently from 1965 if the reverse is to be believed (which is the reason why I bought it). I have since removed the weird white deposits, that seemed to be some sort of gum</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1435416[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My sus Balbinus. I (foolishly?) believed the seller&#039;s story when they said it was a metal detecting find (details checked out including the seller&#039;s location and find spot matched up). I regret buying it - it only weighs about 3.33g, so if it <i>is </i>ancient, it&#039;s most likely a fouree.[ATTACH=full]1435411[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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