Dear Members, Following recent comments about Lebanese fakes, here is a list of forged coins I bought knowingly in Baalbek (Lebanon) a few years ago: BAALBEK...
I wait for your site with information on fakes. I agree that there are many fakes around but I cannot believe that this is a real business for mafia. Peanuts...
Dear Members Bassem.d does not only sell forged classical coins but I have seen some forged Ottoman Sultanis and one Venice Gold Ducat with an Ottoman...
Dear Members, At the request of some of you, I have uploaded the picture of my Mithrtridates VI (Lebanese forgery) in our CFDL site under "Mithridates VIf". ...
Group, I actually bought the coin some time ago to confirm my suspicions and informed this group. It is actually not even a struck forgery, but a cast of a...
Hi Sandro and list, There is information that the illicit trade in antiquities (stolen, looted, forged) is the worlds second largest crime-income. In Italy,...
Hello Sandro / CFDL, Often I hear or read the notion, that the money is too little, to make this fake, or for this person to be involved, or that group, or for...
... fake coins at $2,000.000 each (2 million$). We Europeans use points instead of kommas: $2.000 or $ 2000 instead of $ 2,000. The 2 million I am talking...
dear friends , i am looking for some help in some in-depth research i am doing on modern day late roman gold forgery as well as on genuine roman late gold . I...
How can the case be closed without showing, like everyone else, some of these advanced fakes you hint at being privy too?? I know the important coins are...
Ave Ludovicus B.: You wrote : Sardenia is not Italy, incidently. Be careful when you go back to Italy.You could be sent back. Ramon Saenz de Heredia.COS...
Hello Lou Are you referring to the former Kingdom of Sardinia, before the Italian Risorgimento, or to Sardinia under the Arabs or even the Phenicians ? Cheers ...
Hello Bradley, t would be interesting to know more about your coin acompared with mine. You apparently reached the conclusion that yours is cast, perhaps...
Dear Friends Excuse my cross post. This email is for our Turkish, German and English speaking friends in the group, concerning a new Yahoo Group for Ottoman...
Ave factio Do you crave for a roman mosaic to decorate your bathroom floor ? Item 7304732518. Do you love greek owls? Item 7304882454. Gordian Africanus...
Ave Ramon, Many thanks for signalling good deals on e-bay. It is amazing how our friend Gordian has changed through all these years ,I would not have...
I agree with your statement about illicit trading of antiquities. But numismatic is just a little area in that large field. Impossible to reach 6 figures (or...
Hi, It really was an obvious cast and appeared to be of traditional techniques. Probably of original dies. This guy does offer money back, but will turn around...
Hi Sandro and others, These guys don't inject 1,000 of the same issue. Over the last 20 or more years, they collected everything, so they can bring the whole ...
Hello Pierre / CFDL, In the english language literature Pierre, it is usually called spark erosion. This technique has even been used for circulating modern...
Hello Sandro / CFDL, "Let's assume some 10000 to 15000 classic coins on the European market each year." The number is more like 500,000 per year. You mean...
Hello Sandro / Art / CFDL, Art makes a good point about the Far East. In Japan for example, there are some wealthy buyers of classical coins. And I see many...
Dear Lou, Interesting post. Some remarks. You are from Italian ancestors, so you should know that Sardegna is Italy. You are confused with Corsica, which is...
Dear Sandro: Thanks for putting the numbers down. I am not saying the fakes are not there but asking to see them so I/We may know. I also found those numbers ...
Dear Ramon of Heredia: 1. Sardenia is not Italy according to them and neither is Sicily according to the Sicilians. My family still lives there. Sardenia is...
Ave Ludovicus B. My superior the IMP had ordered me to redeploy Legio VI Sardinica and XIV Sicilica as they are not welcome in the islands.Enjoy your freedom. ...
... One of the biggest collectors these days is Mr. Kan, a Hong Kong Chinese billionaire, owner of the famous, recently build up Zhuyuetang-collection. Btw,...
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