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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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FR - It seems tooling is becoming a lot more common on this side of the pond especially from of the 'big' auction houses. Half the coins on CNG are 'enhanced' either tooled or smoothed.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Some minor scraping is always acceptable to me. It is when they add details and 'sharpen' the corners that I feel the coin has become seriously damaged. Scraping away some pimples is okay
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I am not too picky with my coins if it is within reason (who are we kidding I can't afford half of them anyways) I think it is the hair that gets me though. I just really don't like it when they give someone a new haircut.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Absolutely ! That does go too far for me too
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Check out Vespasian's new haircut in this one.  Edited by Whizb4ng
07/22/2013 3:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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 Netherlands
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Wow thanks! What can I do to stop this person..
btw, its a dutch seller, maybe someone who didnt know he bought a fake one and now wants to ged rid of it?
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07/22/2013 5:06 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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I also received a photo of the rim.. Its a professional fake as you can see  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ah....... I think you lost me now. I see nothing suspect. Even at 300% I don't see it.
The coin is 'good' but it has been improved by smoothing and scraping/
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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I what I mean is that if is a fake, its very professional because you cant see anything on the rim
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07/23/2013 2:07 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Which is why I have changed my opinion from 50/50 to most very likely quite genuine (with tooling and smoothing)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The only question now is if you can live with that. Some 'high grade' buyers will buy it and some 'purist' type buyers won't.
You need decide which type you are !
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I like the coin even though it has been "improved".
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Yes its difficult to decide, its a beautiful coin and if I dont like it, I suppose I can still sell it for at least the sales price of 140 dollars?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Never 'suppose' anything. If you want to sell it you need list it and find out if anyone will buy it ! Just because you were willing to bite the hook doesn't guarantee anyone else will. Besides if you go to sell it there are almost always costs involved. If you have doubt you need remember that there exist thousands of examples of this coin in dealer inventories and private collections. Never mind any being found in the fields of Europe by weekend warriors out and about metal detecting. If you have doubt don't do it. At $140 it isn't being given away.
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