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<p>[QUOTE="rick, post: 53624, member: 1235"]well, you're in a spot here... when you purchased the coins, you purchased something you didn't know the value of - nor if they are authentic. A couple of these give me reason to think that may be a problem, but it might not be - it's hard to tell from an image. That's fine - not recommended - but fine.</p><p> </p><p>The problem is going to be selling them on ebay. If you don't know what they are worth, how can you be sure you are selling them at a fair price, or that you are selling authentic coins to another buyer, who only has the images to work on?</p><p> </p><p>If you want to sell these coins over the internet, I would highly recommend you take them to a local coin dealer, who can at least see them in hand, and tell you if there are any signs of being fake. I mean, right now, for all you know, these could have been pulled out of a book of reproductions, and made to be someone's desk decoration, or handed out at parties or a convention of some sort, before they ended up in your friend's father's possession.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rick, post: 53624, member: 1235"]well, you're in a spot here... when you purchased the coins, you purchased something you didn't know the value of - nor if they are authentic. A couple of these give me reason to think that may be a problem, but it might not be - it's hard to tell from an image. That's fine - not recommended - but fine. The problem is going to be selling them on ebay. If you don't know what they are worth, how can you be sure you are selling them at a fair price, or that you are selling authentic coins to another buyer, who only has the images to work on? If you want to sell these coins over the internet, I would highly recommend you take them to a local coin dealer, who can at least see them in hand, and tell you if there are any signs of being fake. I mean, right now, for all you know, these could have been pulled out of a book of reproductions, and made to be someone's desk decoration, or handed out at parties or a convention of some sort, before they ended up in your friend's father's possession.[/QUOTE]
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