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 Posted 12/17/2012  11:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bing to your friends list
I guess this shows my ignorance of these Greek coins. Thanks for the input.
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 Posted 12/17/2012  11:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dionysos to your friends list
Not an ugly looking thing, but since it's apparently intended to look as if it has circulated ("worn"), I would expect a surface that is not that uniform and smooth. At least some minor bumps, scatches, imperfections,...
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12/17/2012 11:56 pm
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 Posted 12/17/2012  11:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list
Perhaps--or it shows my ignorance of what's possible on Greeks.
The surfaces are just too regular to my eyes.
Also, when Athena's helmet is depicted, the details are more specific.
The nose guard, the crest, and Scylla are more detailed than what I see here.
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12/18/2012 12:03 am
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 Posted 12/18/2012  12:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jcmworld to your friends list
Not. The center line in the ksi in Alexander is missing.
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 Posted 12/18/2012  12:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Eng5858 to your friends list


Cool looking coin, not sure if its real or not..
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 Posted 12/18/2012  01:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stevex6 to your friends list
It's a very pretty lookin' thing ... sadly, the coin-folks here seem to be a bit doubtful whether it is genuine or not ...

Ummm, and you know what Mr Deniro says about doubt, right?

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 Posted 12/18/2012  02:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list
Right...I guess that's my moniker now.
I missed Dionysos comment about the gold stater.
Comparing to an original clears things up.

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 Posted 12/18/2012  03:35 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add maridvnvm to your friends list
It is a silver copy of a published fake. It is from the Lipanoff Studio, Published: Sofia 2005, no.36 by Dr. Ilya Prokopov. These are modern engraved dies.

Here is an example from the same dies in gold (or goldish).

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 Posted 12/18/2012  06:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list
For a fake that's really a nice looking piece.
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 Posted 12/18/2012  07:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bobbyhelmet to your friends list


The Lipanoff stuff is collectible in its own right, it wont carry the same prices as Pauduan in the future but they are, on the whole very well done. Its a shame the obviously skilled people who made them couldn't have displayed their talents in a more 'legal' way.

I'd be happy to own some just out of interest but would only pay 'bottom dollar' for the privilege right now.
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 Posted 12/18/2012  08:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bing to your friends list
Well, with several hours remaining on the auction, so far it has garnered a bid price of $112. I agree with BH. It would be nice to own, but at a much lower price than this.
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 Posted 12/18/2012  10:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ancientnoob to your friends list
Fake- supposed to be gold...late sorry
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 Posted 12/18/2012  1:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bobbyhelmet to your friends list
$152.20 it went for, with what looked like a bit of shill bidding right at the end, another victory for ebay
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 Posted 12/19/2012  12:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list
It's not worth that...someone thought it was real, or they plan to resell?
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 Posted 12/19/2012  07:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add stevex6 to your friends list
Hey everybody, I just bought a really cool coin on e-bay for only $150 bucks!!

=> just jokes ... it wasn't me (this time)

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