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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Please provide the ebay item number or a link to the closed auction. That may tell as much as anything. |
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CCF Advertiser
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If it is not the original coin you saw in the photos that is more than enough reason to have ebay freeze the funds and ask for a return. Unless the seller only sold one thing on ebay and nothing else ever you get your money back as they hold the paypal funds and paypal demands backup credit card to make sure they can hold funds for bad sales. As for the coin I have set the photos correct and took some of the saturation away below for comparison. As for me, Vespasian must have really lost some weight as you can do an acsearch and you can find a long neck a few times, or you might find a giant unibrow but you never find all this together with cavernous eyes. About 700 photos to see on acsearch. Could be the result of bad tooling but of course, this is not the coin you bid on. Get ebay to freeze the fund by starting a return. I would not want that coin at all. Plus the questions are enough reason for you to worry as your kids will have problems selling it someday. It has red flags with the look of the emperor. Start a return. You will get your money back.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The reason I asked for the ebay link is that I took a quick look at recently sold Vespasian Judaea denarii on ebay. I found a seller in Bulgaria (reddest of 'red flags'!) who has sold the same suspiciously familiar Vespasian Judaea denarius (using the same photos) at least twice. The coin below and the op coin appear to be the products of the same parent mold with slightly different centering, edge cracks and "tone". Typical Bulgarian cast fakes in my opinion.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/-/17337043...47675.l10137https://www.ebay.com/itm/VESPASIAN-...AOSwIIha2xvCEdited by Kushanshah
07/09/2018 02:58 am
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Moderator
United States
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With the better pictures I agree not genuine.
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Moderator
United States
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New Member
United States
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I am the guy who unfortunately bought this coin on ebay for $115 The seller is still there and has good reputation !! https://www.ebay.com/usr/mafazo?He is selling his coins around $150!! The coin is pretty clean, like new !! I tried to place a bad comment but this seller managed to prevent this from happening CHRIS  |
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New Member
United States
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For my information:
How are fakes produced? I suppose that there is a need to have an "original" and making a cast for just one fake coin must take time and be expensive?
Are these people in cahoots with museums?
Chris
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The guy needs to be submitted to Joe's NFSL at Forum. He's missing from there and clearly belongs by what he's selling. chrbaudry Sorry you had a bad experience with your first ancients purchase. We've all been there, which is why you need to know the coin or the seller. I got hooked on ancients after decades messing around with US coins. I remember thinking that holding a Morgan from the 1890s was amazing. Wait till you hold an actual Judaea Capta minted 1,950 years ago. I did a quick search and there's a Judea Capta type - without the mourning woman - for sale by a legit seller for $95. I paid over $300 for mine from a seller on Vcoins and now see one from a trusted seller for just over $100. Edited by jskirwin
12/09/2018 10:29 pm
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New Member
United States
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To: Bob L Yes! I do not know how it is possible - I tried to delay the payment and he harassed me on ebayThey say: mafazo (81) 100% positive feedback . - A mystery! Thanks for the url, I will use it - I am not sorry about the experience - It is an occasion to learn! Chris  |
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United States
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To jskirwin:
Thanks for the reference - I just saw it - In fact I already bought a similar one a few weeks ago and I am happy with it!
Thanks,
Chris
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I do not want to tar every Eastern European seller with the same brush, but as far as I have been able to learn, it is illegal to sell genuine heritage coins from most Eastern European countries, but it is quite legal to sell copy or fake heritage coins. This forces an intending buyer to automatically expect that such coins could be fake. Automatic red flag. That is a pity for the honest seller.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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United States
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to the Community, chrbaudry! |
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