Heliodromus Posted April 29 · Member Share Posted April 29 (edited) In this case, Memorex, unfortunately. I wonder who else here remembers that Memorex (casette tape) advertising campaign from the 80's ?! So, I bought the coin below a while back, was pleased with it, and wrote it up here. Not so pleased to just see this doppelganger currently on eBay. In retrospect the flan cracks on mine do look rather sus, although not as bad as on the second one. Oh, well, at least it was cheap ($30). The second one is from eBay seller ancientground, who's also selling a bunch of other fake coins and artifacts. Edited April 29 by Heliodromus 9 2 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAZ Numismatics Posted April 29 · Member Share Posted April 29 (edited) Tough break, but be sure to list it on FORVM's fake reports and/or ForgeryNetwork, if it isn't already there. It's important to keep the shysters at bay. I was recently stuck with three Toronto Group forgeries in a Canadian collection I bought. They are reasonably convincing, and they may have slipped through if it weren't for FORVM's fake reports. Fortunately the seller is willing to take them back... Edited April 29 by JAZ Numismatics 8 1 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted April 29 · Member Share Posted April 29 I always get this terrible feeling that I may have fakes in my collection and not know it. 😞 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted April 29 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted April 29 That's a pretty well done fake. I don't know If I would have caught it. Probably not. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliodromus Posted April 29 · Member Author Share Posted April 29 It seems almost inevitable that any large enough collection is going to have a few fakes in it. We can't all be NGC Ancients' Barry Murphy or David Vagi, and I'm sure even they must occasionally make mistakes since nobody has access to future information that may change their opinion. I know the British Museum has at least a couple of fake Constantine's in their collection too! 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 29 · Supporter Share Posted April 29 37 minutes ago, Heliodromus said: It seems almost inevitable that any large enough collection is going to have a few fakes in it. We can't all be NGC Ancients' Barry Murphy or David Vagi, and I'm sure even they must occasionally make mistakes since nobody has access to future information that may change their opinion. I know the British Museum has at least a couple of fake Constantine's in their collection too! The British Museum has a large number of fakes for that reason. They buy anything unusual and in the 1800s they didn't know what they do now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted April 29 · Supporter Share Posted April 29 19 minutes ago, John Conduitt said: The British Museum has a large number of fakes for that reason. BM was for a long time widely accused of being one of the main problems too! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted April 29 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted April 29 1 hour ago, Deinomenid said: BM was for a long time widely accused of being one of the main problems too! What year was this published? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 29 · Supporter Share Posted April 29 1 hour ago, Deinomenid said: BM was for a long time widely accused of being one of the main problems too! Interesting. When is this quote from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 29 · Supporter Share Posted April 29 (edited) 52 minutes ago, John Conduitt said: Interesting. When is this quote from? Ah 1887. Edited April 29 by John Conduitt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deinomenid Posted April 29 · Supporter Share Posted April 29 Yep, though for many decades their pages are full of similar, and warnings of worse, including theft. Although they failed to see the irony in regularly printing the full address of all their members. Surely of some temptation to thieves to at least see if coins were kept at home! Random selection here, including it seems the great Bunbury. 3 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted April 29 · Supporter Share Posted April 29 (edited) Yes and there was your 'letting random people wander around the museum stealing 266 coins' article from 1849. Edited April 29 by John Conduitt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted April 30 · Member Share Posted April 30 @Heliodromus where did you acquire your example? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sand Posted April 30 · Member Share Posted April 30 I remember the Memorex advertisements. There was 1, in which they recorded a woman singing, and then they played the recording near a wine glass, and the wine glass shattered. I also remember cassette tapes. And music CDs. And, I had a boom box. Sometimes, none of that seems real. As if it was all just a dream. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocatarinetabellatchitchix Posted April 30 · Member Share Posted April 30 3 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliodromus Posted April 30 · Member Author Share Posted April 30 10 hours ago, Postvmvs said: @Heliodromus where did you acquire your example? Also from eBay, although I forget the seller. Of course eBay is the most likely place to find fakes, but I've seen similar quality fakes from major dealers and auction houses too, since it seems this type of fare isn't usually going to get much more than a cursory inspection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominus1 Posted April 30 · Supporter Share Posted April 30 ..for a long time i was under the prejudice view that less expensive coins weren't forged ....but that was wrong and i would reckon we must assume that a percentage of our own collections stand a good chance of being forged .. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted April 30 · Supporter Share Posted April 30 21 minutes ago, ominus1 said: ..for a long time i was under the prejudice view that less expensive coins weren't forged ....but that was wrong and i would reckon we must assume that a percentage of our own collections stand a good chance of being forged .. Depressing thought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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