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I blew $300 on a 'real' Roman coin that turned out to be a bad fake
I mean, I got excited at a small antique shop in Rome last year and bought what they said was a silver denarius from the 2nd century. Took it to a proper expert back home and they said it was a modern cast copy, maybe worth $20. I feel like a total sucker. Has anyone else been burned by fake artifacts from tourist spots?
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patking19d ago
Oof, that's rough. Did they at least give you a cool story about which emperor it was from, or did they just point at a blurry face and say "old"? I bought a "viking" bracelet once that started turning my wrist green after two days.
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