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Agreed that they are fun looks. Hope I don't see any more fakes for sale.

Another disappointing auction from Frank (in my opinion). For his auction #102, I count a total of eight lots with descriptions that either acknowledge that that piece is a copy or at least hinted as being potential fakes. These lot numbers are: 4, 54, 62, 238, 262, 349, 420, and 433. Particularly disturbing to me are his descriptions of how convincing the fakes are..."excellent struck copy", "excellent work", "attractive heavy piece", "likely a high-end counterfeit".

Therefore, this is another FSR auction in which I am not planning to participate. As I have stated before, it is my opinion that including known fakes in your auctions devalues and calls into question all of the other coins that you are selling.

Dave, I suspect you'd probably consider the bolded parts of Frank's blanket email announcement below to be rather ironic. Just got this today:

Hi,

Auction 102 will close Nov. 20 — 517 lots of ancient and early coins, mostly good stuff, with low starting bids. Includes group lots, literature, and some fixed price specials.

Catalog, with photos, begins at: http://www.fsrcoin.com/a.html

Bid simply by e-mailing me; or fax, phone, or snail mail.

Note, in my never-ending improvement effort, I have tried to make the text part more reader-friendly. This took extra work, but I hope you like it.

Also a caution, ebay is ever more loaded with fakes. Many are LOL screamers, but some very deceptive. I see many obvious fakes nevertheless receiving numerous bids from suckers. I try to bid only on coins I'm sure are genuine, but don't always get that right myself. So beware.


Best regards,
Frank S. Robinson