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<p>[QUOTE="talerman, post: 4525242, member: 89314"]Netherlands/Germany Province of HOLLAND countermark on City of COLOGNE Taler 1572</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1573 the Holland rebels countermarked silver coins to increase their value by 1/8 to help pay their troops fighting the Spaniards</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1120542[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1120543[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately almost every Jefimok is fake. It is just too easy to buy a cheap VF Taler and add the c/m and triple the "value". I do not touch them unless they have a long provenance. It is a pity because it would be interesting to assemble a collection of all the types. </p><p>I have to admit I would not necessarily have spotted the Ulm and Netherlands coins as fakes at first sight, which is a bit worrying, although questions quickly arise when you study them. I have never dared buy on eBay, even though I know one can find bargains, but this sort of thing makes me ever more wary. A data base on eBay fakes would be very useful.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="talerman, post: 4525242, member: 89314"]Netherlands/Germany Province of HOLLAND countermark on City of COLOGNE Taler 1572 In 1573 the Holland rebels countermarked silver coins to increase their value by 1/8 to help pay their troops fighting the Spaniards [ATTACH=full]1120542[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1120543[/ATTACH] Unfortunately almost every Jefimok is fake. It is just too easy to buy a cheap VF Taler and add the c/m and triple the "value". I do not touch them unless they have a long provenance. It is a pity because it would be interesting to assemble a collection of all the types. I have to admit I would not necessarily have spotted the Ulm and Netherlands coins as fakes at first sight, which is a bit worrying, although questions quickly arise when you study them. I have never dared buy on eBay, even though I know one can find bargains, but this sort of thing makes me ever more wary. A data base on eBay fakes would be very useful.[/QUOTE]
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