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More than once, I have seen someone on the forums, on being told their flea-market coins were fake, said that they'd literally tossed the things out their window. Or worse. I recall one fellow s… (View Post)

The listings on eBay that aren't trying to convince you at all of an item's rarity - listings with no keyword-spamming and zero explanation of why a 1964 dime should be worth $2000, for exa… (View Post)

I would also disagree with John, in the sense that you can be a coin collector, and even a numismatist, without feeling the need to "complete the set" that compels one to seek out the rarit… (View Post)

As John Conduitt said: it's a replica of an ancient Jewish coin. These "false shekels" have been made for souvenir, religious or Masonic purposes for centuries. Some are quite realisti… (View Post)

Most coin dealers I know derive a large part of their profits from buying completed "sets" cheaply from collectors, breaking the sets up, and selling the coins individually. They wouldn… (View Post)