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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1613020, member: 39084&quot;]The issue of authenticity can be addressed by purchasing from reputable dealers and auction houses that provide guarantees.&nbsp; On the VCoins site, many dealers (if not all) offer guarantees similar to the following (offered by Pars Coins):</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<b>All items are guaranteed genuine and authentic as described. We proudly offer an unconditional, lifetime guarantee of authenticity.&quot;</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>If you purchase a coin from one of these dealers that later is proven to be counterfeit, the dealer will refund your purchase price based on this guarantee (although this refund is not explicitly stated in the guarantee, so there may be some legal subtleties on this point).</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, the auction house Numismatica Ars Classica (NAC) offers the following, even stronger guarantee:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<b>The Auction House offers an unconditional and unlimited guarantee for the authenticity of coins.</b>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that this guarantee isn&#039;t just a &quot;lifetime&quot; guarantee (which probably means the lifetime of the purchaser) but is unlimited - i.e., <b>forever</b> - even when the coin is later sold, and resold, and resold...&nbsp; So if you purchase a coin from an NAC auction that is proven to be counterfeit decades later, and the latest purchaser eventually comes back to you for financial remuneration, you can go back to NAC and get your money back.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never seen EBay auctions offer guarantees remotely similar to these, other than those vendors who are also dealers and have a shop on VCoins.&nbsp; For that reason alone I would recommend that novice and inexperienced collectors of ancient coins NEVER purchase from EBay, at least not without considerable research on the SPECIFIC coin in which they&#039;re interested.&nbsp; Plus, you&#039;ll usually get much better deals from the VCoins dealers than from EBay vendors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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