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Strange question this one, but anyway......
Does anyone know of a place that I could purchase an original Roman coin die from?
Broken or in one piece, the later preferred but has to be original.
Regards, Met. You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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No, not thinking of going into business, just a rich, fat metdet that through this site has become encapsulated with ancient coins, the way they used to be made and the history that surrounds them. I think an original die would be an absolutely awesome addition to a display. Besides, if any collector of ancient coins was to visit the places of origin, they would be told the same as I was by the locals, 99 percent of Roman coins are repro, no 'expert' will guarantee any item to be genuine as there have been that many copies made, only a person that lived in that time would be able to tell, not my view, thats from Mr K, retired member of the British museum.
Makes sense really, it would cost less than £1.50 to get the amount of silver needed to bang out a copy of an early coin and if most collectors only have copies then who is to know?
There is a small antique shop near Italy, I forget the name for the moment, but I spoke with the owner and most Italians will not entertain buying a Roman coin from him as there are so many fakes that they would not know the difference.
I know this to be true as I have actually dug up a silver coin when on a metal detecting outing. I had it stuck in my finds drawer with other coins until I joined here. I posted pictures and was told it was a fake/copy, yet it came out of the ground.
I may only be an amateur collector and I am still on a very steep learning curb, but from what I can see and from what I have listened to makes me realise that though I will not be going into business, there are far too many that already are.
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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I did once find a site selling contemporary forgery dies. They're made of clay and have the impressions of roman coins on them. They werent cheap and they arent really dies and the dunderhead who sneaked em from whichever archeological site he got them from didnt make a note of the order so you cant match them up.
Imagine the fun finding a coin produced from those dies, aye?
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Sounds like a  ! I really fancy owning an original, I don't mind if it's really worn, as they should be. I just want one!!  You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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I don't mind if it's really worn, as they should be. I just want one!! Right there with ya, brotha man. I'd love to get one too. Look like they are $$$$ though and so far all I've seen for sale are counterfeiter's dies (although old) and clay molds. Probably won't be getting one any time soon. Good luck in your quest! |
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I think there comes a time when all of us that collect ancients want to buy a die or two. Real ones are just not out there. The occasional one that does show up will cost many thousands of dollars. I remember one time see a group of Paduan dies on one of the sites. They weren't for sale but they were still interesting to look at. As Nate reminded me a short time ago, you would have better luck finding ancient Chinese coin molds than an ancient classical die. The molds wouldn't be cheap though.
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