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swamperbob Pillar of the Community United States 5362 Posts	Posted 05/30/2007 10:39 pm Last week I bought a collection of Ecu and 5 Francs of the Kings of France. 9 coins from Louis XV to Charles X all different and all "counterfeit". The lot sold for $25 each. Here is the best of the group. Image Insert: Image: 1811 France CFT jpeg.jpg 71.14 KB Any comments? Report this Post to the Staff

GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 05/30/2007 10:52 pm bob what are the aspects of this coin that let you know it was a fake? Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/30/2007 11:03 pm Bob, I would be fooled, the coin looks right to me. Is it silver? Knight of the Coin Table#56 Report this Post to the Staff
spica Valued Member France 285 Posts	Posted 05/30/2007 11:29 pm I am French and it appears good for me. What is weight of coin ? Report this Post to the Staff
swamperbob Pillar of the Community United States 5362 Posts	Posted 05/31/2007 12:46 am I said I bought them all as "counterfeit". It is real. I believe the real problem was context. The lot was purchased all at once from one source and 8 are in fact counterfeit with wrong methods, wrong metal or wrong weight. How did a good coin get mixed up with such bad company? Edited by swamperbob 05/31/2007 12:51 am Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted 05/31/2007 02:22 am If you don't want it anymore, Bob, we'll take it off your hands for you. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
swamperbob Pillar of the Community United States 5362 Posts	Posted 05/31/2007 09:10 am I was just trying to make the point that in all cases, what is offered for sale may not be what it actually is. Sometimes a coin labeled counterfeit is in fact REAL. Whenever I buy collections of counterfeits there are invariably some REAL coins mixed in. Usually they are real coins that have been cancelled in years past by bankers who were fooled by odd looking coins. It is like buying a real collection and finding a couple counterfeits. Basically, these are honest mistakes and they just teach us to ALWAYS keep our eyes open. Report this Post to the Staff
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