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<p>[QUOTE="AnemicOak, post: 172091, member: 5224"]There are certainly plenty of fakes out there, however there are still hoards being found all the time especially late Roman bronzes. eBay has tons of fakes & I wouldn't trust most dealers there. Luckily there are some good online resources folks can use to help detect a fake before buying, many times you can tell right from the photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>You're the first one I've seen say prices have dropped at all. Everyone else is complaining about how much prices have gone up over the last few years for nice coins. Just look at older auction hammer prices vs what stuff's gone for at the last few years worth of CNG, Triton, etc. auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>A Roman silver at less than $20 would have to be very worn or very suspect automatically, you can't even get any primo bronze coins for that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AnemicOak, post: 172091, member: 5224"]There are certainly plenty of fakes out there, however there are still hoards being found all the time especially late Roman bronzes. eBay has tons of fakes & I wouldn't trust most dealers there. Luckily there are some good online resources folks can use to help detect a fake before buying, many times you can tell right from the photo. You're the first one I've seen say prices have dropped at all. Everyone else is complaining about how much prices have gone up over the last few years for nice coins. Just look at older auction hammer prices vs what stuff's gone for at the last few years worth of CNG, Triton, etc. auctions. A Roman silver at less than $20 would have to be very worn or very suspect automatically, you can't even get any primo bronze coins for that.[/QUOTE]
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