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I found this in the reject tube. It weighs 7.4g, is not magnetic, and has the size of a quarter. What is it and how can I tell if it's real? Thanks   Identified - moved to Ancients forum - SapEdited by Yinzi50
10/16/2011 11:39 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I am interested in it's provenance. I am a little slow, and need to ask:
What do you mean by the 'reject tube'?
Without that info., it seems to be quite OK to me, but I don't have it in hand.
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Hi, sel_69l, "reject tube or tray" is referring the coin counting machine. All coins not met the specification will be rejected and spilled out through a tube and customer can retrieve them back. Sometimes you can get previous customer's leftover.
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10/17/2011 09:17 am
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United States
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You found this in a coin counting reject tray? Amazing....
I mean, it looks real to me. But I'd wait for the pros to come by and pass their judgement on it.
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10/17/2011 11:03 am
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Bulgaria
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Looks pretty fine.My guess is Real
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My guess is that its geniune. I have attributed your coin as follows:
Galerius AE Follis RIC VI 42
Cyzicus mint, AD 308-309.
OBV: GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Laureate head right.
Rev: GENIO A-VGVSTI, Genius standing left, holding patera & cornucopiae. B in left field. Mintmark MKV in ex.
Give me some time and I will determine the market value for you. Nice find by the way. Most any of us on the Ancients discussion board would love to find something like this.
Regards,
JW
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Pillar of the Community
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Sorry, my mistake. It should be Cyzicus RIC VI 53 because of the star in the right field. Everything else is the same.
JW
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The value of this coin is somewhere in the vicinity of $25 or less. Here is one for sale by a very reputable dealer so his prices are almost always on the high side: http://www.acsearch.info/search.htm...=&c=&a=&l=#4If I owned the coin and wanted to sell it, I would hope for between $15-$20 and accept $12-$17. I hope I've been of some help. The next time you come across any ancients, post in the ancients discussion board where you will receive a ton of help. I was just browsing through CC and your post caught my eye. Totally by accident. Good luck with your coin. JW Edited by Bing
10/17/2011 2:50 pm
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Thanks, Harper. Couldn't believe it's so old.
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