JAZ Numismatics Posted March 21 · Member Share Posted March 21 I know decrying fakes on eBay is like sweeping water, but just in case any of you were tempted to bid on this guy's stuff, DON'T. I didn't look at all of it, but what I did see was all fake, and it's just deceptive enough to fool a beginner, some of it might have fooled me if I hadn't looked very closely... https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_blrs=recall_filtering&_ssn=numis-gallery&store_name=getod4&_sop=1&_oac=1 6 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted March 21 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 21 2 minutes ago, JAZ Numismatics said: I know decrying fakes on eBay is like sweeping water, but just in case any of you were tempted to bid on this guy's stuff, DON'T. I didn't look at all of it, but what I did see was all fake, and it's just deceptive enough to fool a beginner, some of it might have fooled me if I hadn't looked very closely... https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_blrs=recall_filtering&_ssn=numis-gallery&store_name=getod4&_sop=1&_oac=1 The silver is dreadful, but at least some of the bronze looks ok. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted March 21 · Supporter Share Posted March 21 The hardest job in the world must be "legitimate coin dealer from Bulgaria." 3 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveler Posted March 22 · Member Share Posted March 22 3 hours ago, John Conduitt said: The hardest job in the world must be "legitimate coin dealer from Bulgaria." Many years ago I won a denarius from a member auction on a well known site. I had never bought from this particular member before. When I collected the Registered Mail envelope from the post office, I noticed the postage stamps indicated it came from Bulgaria. I was a really green collector, but I knew to avoid coins from Bulgaria. My heart sank. When I tore open the envelope I saw there wasn't any self-adhesive coin mailer inside, just a coin wrapped thickly in some newspaper. I thought that was another bad sign. After removing the paper I looked at the coin and thought the surfaces looked very strange. The colour of the metal wasn't that of clean silver, nor toned silver. It looked like tin or something, although the details were correct but soft. I had no weighing scale with me, but I thought the coin seemed on the light side. By that time I was certain I had bought a Bulgarian cast. So I flipped the coin over and looked at the edge for a casting seam. Sure enough, there was something which looked like a seam, but after looking closely it seemed the coin was wrapped in something else. It turned out the seller had wrapped the coin in aluminium foil, which had taken on the details of the denarius from being compressed during postage. That was a lesson in my own preconceptions. The coin in question, a denarius of Domitian from his short-lived monetary reform (82-85). 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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