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Valued Member
United States
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Does this look right to all of you? Something about the "o" on the obverse doesn't seem right to me. RIC 254.   Edited by w00zi
05/14/2012 7:16 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The 'O' in 'COS' looks OK to me, so I guess the one on the obverse is OK too.
If you are doubtful about the coin, have a close look at the edge of it. If possible, photo micrograph the splits on the edge. The interior of a split in a struck coin should be crisp, and the surfaces inside the split showing obvious signs of stress due to the fracture of the metal within the split.
Even very high grade casting cannot produce this characteristic.
Spend some time and have a look at the 'tesorillo' site. This is the best site I have seen for the investigation and detection of fake denarii. It is in Spanish, but there is a machine translation into English, which makes it a bit heavy to read.
TESORILLO will also give you some good knowledge on how to detect good quality die struck forged denarii.
Edited by sel_69l
05/14/2012 11:20 pm
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 United States
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The coin looks fine to me. The only concern that I might have is that from your pictures there seems to be some brown color between the letters. This could just be tonning or maybe base metal showning. The details are very fine.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks for the info! And I have spent quite a bit of time reading the information on tesorillo and have found it to contain very useful information. These images are the sellers images. The seller offers a life time guarantee of authenticity so I am not too worried about if this turns out to be a fake. I just need to know what to look for.
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Pillar of the Community
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Ummm, I'm a bit of a sucker for fake stuff ... Example => Pamela Anderson => all real, until proven otherwise!! => so my opinion => very pretty coin!!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I guess I'll be contrary (that's what my mother would always say about me). I don't like the looks of this coin and I can't put my finger on why. Personally, I would not buy this coin because of these misgivings. Apparently you have misgivings as well or you wouldn't have asked.
Regards,
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Pillar of the Community
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ahahaha ...
jwh => we're a bit like Felix and Oscar
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:
we're a bit like Felix and Oscar Or Abbott and Costello/ Bing and Jerry (of course I'm more the Bing type) |
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Pillar of the Community
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  Ummm, sure => I'll go along with that!! |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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With a coin that has the potential value that this one should have, I ALWAYS like to have the coin in hand for close inspection, before making a decision to buy.
If that can't happen, the only other alternative is to buy off a dealer who has many years of experience in ancient numismatics. The price will be higher, because you are paying for that experience.
VCOINS lists similar denarii in similar condition at around $750.
Edited by sel_69l
05/15/2012 02:52 am
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Valued Member
United States
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The coin arrived today and the weird coloration in the sellers images were an artifact likely from the scanner. The coin has a nice dull silver color. I believe the red spots on the reverse are cuprite?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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NOW that is a nice looking coin with nice toning. It sure is a lot nicer then the sellers images. Congrats.
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Pillar of the Community
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yeeooow => nice coin!!
=> aha ... yah sadly, I chuckle everytime I see that Jerry Lewis photo (and not a good chuckle either ... brutal)
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Beautiful coin w00zi  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks, I am quite happy with this one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow woozi, What a well centered, strong strike, clean fields, Good job....  |
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