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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The top coin sold for over $400,000 at auction, its a beauty  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2838 Posts |
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I can't believe there are 22 bids The 40 feedback bidder looks like a shill, 100% activity with this seller and was last seen bidding on a crossbow they were selling on the 3rd January. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bobby, I see that now--wow! It must be very rare.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2838 Posts |
Yeah, not super rare but certainly rare - and the reverse is about as Roman as it gets, surprisingly the Colosseum is not on that many coins. Vespasian started building it and it was ultimately finished by his son Titus. I saw one in the British Museum - awesome looking coin   Edit to add picture. Edited by bobbyhelmet
01/13/2013 8:51 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
Yes, I figured that eye appeal and historical interest played a part in value.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
567 Posts |
I was just cruising through ebay trying to find recent prices realized for some coins (to see if it was worth putting mine up) and I spotted it. I had to laugh, the fake is just so crappy. I feel bad for the buyer, who will get a nasty let down when they go to sell it. Maybe they'll sell it agian on ebay and keep the parade of fakes running. He might even make his $46 back from some other unwary soul. A local curio is probably right. Some more junk to sell to the tourists. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
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I feel bad for the buyer, who will get a nasty let down when they go to sell it. I'm going to try to email the buyer and tell them it's a bad fake.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
613 Posts |
Wouldn't it being perfectly round be one of the tip offs? It looks like an ancient coin superimposed over a modern, machined blank.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wouldn't it being perfectly round be one of the tip offs? Not always. While uncommon, some authentic ancients did get their strikes dead-center. It's usually the fields, the style, and the quality that are the tip-offs. Edited by VisigothKing
01/13/2013 10:09 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Some fakes are so fake that I don't think there is any intention to deceive.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2838 Posts |
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Some fakes are so fake that I don't think there is any intention to deceive.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
946 Posts |
15 bids by a "buyer" with 1 Feedback.  Smells like Shilling. That "Momento d'Italia" was sure worth paying the extra $0.77 cents for!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So I tracked down the buyer's ID and emailed him. Hopefully ebay will cover that--better to spend that $42 on a nice dinner than a brass slug. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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- Nice one. BTW how did you do this? I've tried in the past and failed. Can it only be done if the one party leaves feedback so a username can be seen? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
Yes--I waited for the buyer to leave feedback, followed their link back and sent them a link to here.
It doesn't work all the time, such as with private auctions.
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