The nebulous nature of numismatics

[stonej]

Written for a Canadian audience.

http://www.financialpost.com/money/story.html?id=1213224

[oly]

On Jan 24, 7:51 am, stonej <sto...@mail.lib.msu.edu> wrote:
> Written for a Canadian audience.
>
> http://www.financialpost.com/money/story.html?id=1213224

The author deserves whatever happens to him, IMHO. We all have paid
our individual tutions to learn the ropes in the old coin game; making
mistakes is a part of life.

oly

[oly]

Like my spelling of "tuitions"...

oly
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"Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken!"

[note.boy]

Reid got a mention. Billy

"stonej" <sto...@mail.lib.msu.edu> wrote in message
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[Reid Goldsborough]

On Jan 24, 1:42 pm, "note.boy" <note....@naespamntlworld.com> wrote:
> Reid got a mention.  Billy

And I got misquoted. I wrote on my site: "One credible estimate is
that about a quarter of all ancient coins auctioned on eBay are modern
forgeries. With antiquities, the problem is even worse, with one
credible estimate being that two-thirds of all antiquities sold on
eBay are fake."

This journalist misquoted me (indirect quote), contending I said
something I didn't. He wrote: "Buying coins on eBay carries the risk
of falling prey to numismatic fraudsters, particularly with ancient
coins, where as many as two-thirds may be fake, as Reid Goldsborough
explains on the Numis Web site (rg.ancients.info/guide)."

Journalists! <g>

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