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Valued Member
United States
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Looks to be a cast copy of a Commodus bronze, mostly a modern fake/
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New Member
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Maybe you rushed to judgment.
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Moderator
 United States
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@jacktomy, your recent posts and responses are confusing to me. Over the past few days, you have posted multiple coins of CCF, some of which are worth hundreds of dollars and others hundreds of thousands of dollars (if they are all actually real). In the titles of your posts you are asking our opinions as to what they are and what they are worth, but then when someone questions whether the coins are real, you adopt a smarmy, smug attitude that you know best. If these are your coins and you know that they are real and what they are and what they are actually worth, then why exactly are you asking us? I think that if you stopped to listen to the folks responding to you, you'd find that there are actually some pretty knowledgeable folks around here. Is every response spot on and 100% accurate? No, but if multiple folks are pointing out casting bubbles on the surface of your supposedly struck coin, then perhaps you might want to take this information to heart. My Two Cents anyway. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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United States
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I don't know where you are getting your coins from, but you have not posted a real one yet. Some people use the forum to try and see if they can fool us. Thinking if they can get their fake coins past us it would be easy to sell to more unsuspecting buyers for high prices. I am beginning to suspect this is your intention, especially when you question what knowledgeable collectors are telling you, and the only information you are looking for is value. If this is your intention than you need to go someplace else.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm glad the OP pointed out that we "rushed to judgment." I had considered posting what I swore were exact matches for the Commodus and Manlia Scantilla from the fake reports - but when I read about rushing to judgement I realized I must be mistaken.
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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FAKE.
You can think that I have "rushed to judgment"...
I started to collect coins when I was 12 years old, so I have needed 34 years of learning and collecting to be capable of give you that answer...
value: 2 dollars?
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Valued Member
Canada
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I thought the same echizento. I read his post a couple days ago and figure he was testing the forums knowledge.
But when he responded to someone with "I wasnt asking real or fake, I was asking value".I though that he must be planning on selling this sCrap to some unsuspecting enthusiast. I thought he should have titled his post; what's the value of this coin if it were not a cast copy".
I'm no expert but there is little question on the authenticity.
Edited by Bob Levi
07/17/2016 10:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Facebook has become innundated with people peddling junk like this to enthusiastic buyers. ebay has always had its share of charlatans but things are really getting out of hand. What is quite maddening about it is they really don't seem to care one way or the other ! It is like an alternate universe where things are real only because someone says it is and there seem to be enough clowns out there to keep the three ring circus going full steam. The coin market is going the way of the housing bubble when reality has little impact on what sells and for how much. I find the whole thing very very disturbing when these people are buying this stuff and them they just keep asking for opinions until they get the one they want |
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Hi guys; I see bad feeling here in forum! I don't see meaningful discussion & scientific evidence.  |
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United States
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What meaningful discussion and evidence are you looking for? Not one but several learned collectors have told you it's fake and has no value. But you don't want to accept that. What more evidence do you need? We are here to help and teach folks to learn about Ancient coins and are more than happy to do that. If you can't accept our knowledge and experience than your more than welcome to go to another forum, but I'm sure you will hear the same thing from them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The point I am trying to make is that he won't get a skeptical audience in many of the forums operating on Facebook ! The comments will range from "Wow" to "how much are you asking ?" Of course it is probably safe to assume that many of the comments come from people who are in on the scam. Much like the ebay sellers we see who seem to have endless supplies of Julius Caesar denarii and gold coins of anyone you want ! Even of emperors who never issued any ! "Only one known !" We are dealing with an alternate universe here ........ Its a bit watching like Fox News when they have serious discussions about the president of the United States being an agent of some secret terrorist organization or having been born in some galaxy far far away ! Half the people watching actually buy into it ! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"Know the coin or know the dealer."
That is the only way to be sure a coin is authentic.
That's what I've been told by several ancient specialists, and it's all you really need to remember in this hobby.
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Posted 07/17/2016 3:09 pm
