Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted March 28 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 28 Incredible 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted March 28 · Member Share Posted March 28 (edited) ...Back to @JAZ Numismatics, I was already starting to wonder what would make the soil any better than the coins. Guess @seth77 nailed it. Edited March 28 by JeandAcre 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonshaw Posted March 28 · Supporter Share Posted March 28 (edited) Holy cow, I just clicked through enough to see the prices. The one I clicked through on was 25,000 GBP. And you are too late for the Aurelius! Already sold. Edited March 28 by Bonshaw 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrefn Posted March 28 · Supporter Share Posted March 28 Inanity, stupidity, and cupidity in one parcel. The sellers have distilled the quintessence of immoral coin-dealership, all into one heavy-duty white fabric bag. This achievement deserves a moment of silent contemplation. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted March 28 · Member Share Posted March 28 What in the actual.... 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 28 · Member Share Posted March 28 Shhhhh.... ~ Peter 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted March 28 · Supporter Share Posted March 28 5 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted March 28 · Supporter Share Posted March 28 (edited) Anyone a member of the "Royal Society of Roman Coins", established in 1770? Edited March 28 by Edessa 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted March 28 · Member Share Posted March 28 It's the AI generated first image that gets me Couldn't be bothered to Google up enough images of actual coins to photoshop in, so they just had ChatGPT whip something up. 5 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted March 28 · Supporter Share Posted March 28 9 minutes ago, Finn235 said: It's the AI generated first image that gets me Couldn't be bothered to Google up enough images of actual coins to photoshop in, so they just had ChatGPT whip something up. No kidding. Also, what kind of bag is that? Speaking as the father of young children, it looks more like an - ahem - unpleasant surprise, rather than a bag of coins. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Julius Posted March 28 · Member Share Posted March 28 (edited) A lot of sour grapes here from people missing out on a deal of a lifetime. I mean… the images show the columns of actual archeological sites. Take my money! 💰 ….but seriously… I don’t like the way the images show (AI generated) dug up sites, or that people would purchase anything from these people. Edited March 28 by Orange Julius 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 28 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted March 28 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Hrefn said: Inanity, stupidity, and cupidity in one parcel. The sellers have distilled the quintessence of immoral coin-dealership, all into one heavy-duty white fabric bag. This achievement deserves a moment of silent contemplation. Do you truly believe that there's anyone out there who has actually spent that kind of money on a bag of dirt allegedly containing a "hoard" of uncleaned ancient coins, sight unseen? Guaranteed to be in "good to very good" condition? I would prefer to believe that the whole thing is a rather clever parody. Edited March 28 by DonnaML 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted March 28 · Supporter Share Posted March 28 Quite honestly, despite all the restrictions on shipping ancient artefacts it would be even harder to import the dirt. A licence for that costs £1000 in the UK. You might need to heat treat it and then demonstrate how you intend to destroy it ‘after use’. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted March 28 · Member Share Posted March 28 It sounds about as legit as the Visa gift cards sold at local supermarkets (good luck using one, as I found out). The dead body comment had me on the floor. Sounds like something youtuber Dan Bell would say, lol! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeandAcre Posted March 28 · Member Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, DonnaML said: Do you truly believe that there's anyone out there who has actually spent that kind of money on a bag of dirt allegedly containing a "hoard" of uncleaned ancient coins, sight unseen? Guaranteed to be in "good to very good" condition? I would prefer to believe that the whole thing is a rather clever parody. ...Well, Donna, you could wish that. But for that to happen, we'd have to live in a world populated by that many civilized grownups in the first place. We can't really afford the luxury of imputing the level of irony that everyone here is demonstrating (with, oops, maybe one exception) to the perpetrator of this. ...What @Orange Julius was saying had to evoke an apocalyptic worst-case scenario. AI, inherently lacking ANY capacity for irony, as used by the kind of people who, by virture of sheer cultural illiteracy (never mind, for instance, Autism spectrum), have no capacity for it in the first place. ...Let the Mass-Regression Begin! Sometimes it feels as if the world is morphing into one giant high school. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Child Posted March 28 · Member Share Posted March 28 Only £25,000 what a steal. I’ve just ordered 5. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrefn Posted March 28 · Supporter Share Posted March 28 @DonnaML if only there were not examples of similar ubiquitous scams. Just yesterday I saw a 1964 Kennedy half dollar on sale on eBay for $10000. In the past I have seen common UK 50 pence coins listed for hundreds of pounds. Just yesterday, I received a telephone call from someone with a foreign accent who was concerned about my “television control box.” I did not stay on the line long enough to find out the terms and object of the scam. We all know of Mr. “High-price, Low-value” as I believe you christened him. And the dealers who, while doing nothing illegal, buy nice coins, artfully photograph them, and list them for 5x what they paid for them. We have entered the territory of Muggeridge’s law. Briefly, he said that parody was no longer possible, because no matter how absurd and ridiculous your parody was, you would shortly thereafter see it enacted in real life, “and probably by people well known.” I love the idea that the above scheme is a clever parody, and it is even more delightful that I was inclined to take it seriously. Truly, that’s the mark of a very good hoax. But like Mr. Muggeridge, I would not be surprised to see it in actuality. Now if you will excuse me, I have to go type up an eBay listing for this coin I’m selling. It’s a half dollar that was actually in Elvis Presley’s pocket at the time that he died. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helvius Pertinax Posted March 28 · Member Share Posted March 28 Ah, the AI generated image gives off some very professional vibes, doesn't it? Also: "All these coin have been dug from the soil and put straight into a bag" "Our Roman coin hoards have been hand picked by our curator for there rarity and uniquness" Okay, even the greatest experts sometimes write contradictory stuff. I guess we can count ourselves lucky that all coins have been picked for their UNIQUNESS 😭 And at least they are capable of using the right form of their/there, right? RIGHT?? 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonshaw Posted March 28 · Supporter Share Posted March 28 (edited) 5 hours ago, Hrefn said: Now if you will excuse me, I have to go type up an eBay listing for this coin I’m selling. It’s a half dollar that was actually in Elvis Presley’s pocket at the time that he died. I'd recommend my listing instead. I'm selling a half dollar that was actually in Julius Caesar's pocket as he went into the Curia of Pompey on the Ides of March. Edited March 28 by Bonshaw 5 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted March 28 · Supporter Share Posted March 28 Impressive stuff - this is not your ordinary "uncleaned Roman coins" - I can't make out the legend on the bottom right coin but I think it reads "CAVEAT EMPTOR AVG" 1 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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