I'm a really big fan of Rule 1 and have to point out that every other discussion venue I read has
had occasional mention of how 'unnice' the @#$%&'s over on
Forvm were. It is true that most of us could use some nice lessons now and then and it is also true that some people with this complaint were a
bit thin skinned (that wasn't very nice to say either, was it?).
However lets look at rule 3 (different list):
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=80768.0"3. ONE coin
per thread. Do not post groups of coins unless you only want an opinions on the whole group and not the individual coins in the group. Another exception is if posting multiple coins provides evidence that the coins are
fake, post all the coins. "
In many cases the second and third sentences of this rule make posting a group not only allowable but suggested if we are to get the most out of the question. Here is a fact: People are judged by the company they keep. Here is another: So are coins. The OP here asked for an opinion on the three coins as a group. They were offered by the same seller (judging from the photo backgrounds) Individually, we might doubt a coin but, when we see a pattern as presented here, any question we might have about the coins (one or all) is removed. In this case, multiple coins DO (sorry for the impolite caps) 'provide evidence'. This would not be the case
had the coins been random selections from a 'Black Museum' - perhaps one Slavei, one tourist
cast and one
WRL gift
shop special. They are not. We have a set of related
fakes offered as a single question in a manner in line with Rule 3's subsequent sentences instruction: "Post all the coins."
If I were in a position to make rules I would require anyone quoting a rule to post a link to that rule. There is no summary of
Forvm rules all in one place but the 'ONE coin' rule I quoted is in the
Fakes section. The strongest iteration of the one coin rule is in the
Identification section but Rule 1 appears in the Admin section. Perhaps we can forgive someone having missed one or the other. I do not suggest we need a special Rules section but only that we might
help people find the information rather than being less than polite.