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The coin looks like it has a silver wash, I'm going to say it's fake.
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Thanks, echizento. I thought the same when I first saw the coin, but the seller guarantees this coin and he has some Romans he is selling I know are authentic without a doubt. That's what made me come back to this coin. But I think I shall pass on it for now unless someone else has anything positive to say about it's authenticity.
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I am no expert but this coin does not look a 100 percent legit to me.
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JW I think that's your best bet to pass on it.
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The detail in both sides is indistinct, especially on the reverse, suggesting that it has been copied from an original.
That, to my eye, makes it 'iffy'.
Why no patina at all?!
If you have a gut feeling that all is not right, you will never happy with it.
Plenty of nice silver tetradrachms of this general type are available. Wait until another comes along, with which you will feel happy.
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The weight is a red flag if nothing else.  Iffy details. Even at a discount, I'd never feel certain about it. |
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Lets throw in one more point about coins you find questionable. If you buy the coin from a dealer you choose to trust but decide you have outgrown it in a few years, just who do you expect to buy it? Will you be a respected authority and beginners accept your word or will the coin have to stand on its own merits? It will still look questionable. Do you want the coin bad enough to keep it, questions and all, forever? Is the discount you are getting deep enough that you can put the coin in your 'Black Museum' and not feel bad about the money you lost? 'Fake' does not often heal. (I know one example of a coin pretty universally declared fake later determined to be real; who can name it?)
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Ummm, is the answer "stevex6's little weird Attic Owl coin"? ... just joking  Edited by stevex6
05/12/2012 08:07 am
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The EID MAR Denarius Coin because it had a portrait of a living person on it?
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I've got a few coins that I'm not too sure about that I've purchased this past year, and they came from a dealer who seems to know his coins, I never contacted him about these coins because they lost the color and there seems to be plastic filler in spots.. The details and lettering are very mushy on these coins and I don't know what they where colored with but looks like a green paint because it came off very fast with just a little water/oil. I noticed these coins as soon as I held them. So I have about 4 coins that look like they where cast and a couple others that look like someone used plastic or some sort of metal jewelry filler. I guess I'm stuck with them now.
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Will you be a respected authority and beginners accept your word or will the coin have to stand on its own merits? Since I will never be an authority, I hope my coins will stand by their own merits--although buying from a well-respected dealer cannot hurt either.  As for the second question, the Eid Mar coin is an interesting answer.  |
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You can always use them as very interesting(and hopefully not too expensive) poker chips... Sort of like that hoard of Faustian coins but those where real  |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitianus_IIIn 1900 a coin was discovered bearing the name Domitianus but in the style of the Gallic Empire (when Aurelian was the legitimate Roman Emperor). Scholars of the day doubted the existance of a figure of this name and delared the coin a fabrication. in 2003, a huge hoard of fused coins was discovered and separated in the British Museum. In the middle of the lump was a second specimen of Domitianus (now called Domitianus II to separate him from the 1st century Domitian). The circumstances of the second find made scholars rethink the first coin which then became 'genuine' after a hundred years as being considered false. I can not help wondering why someone at the first museum never threw the thing out but that woul now be considered a really big mistake. Since neither coin will be sold by their museums, we will not know their cash value. Every year now, 100,000 people will hope their new uncleaned coin lot will contain coin number three. Unlikely but not impossible. Winning over $100 million in a lottery twice would be more likely but we can always hope.
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If that is a fake I don't think it looks too bad. I agree if there is any doubt that it's a genuine coin you will never feel good about the it. Look at these two I am pretty sure ther are fake but I keep hoping I'm wrong that they look like that because maybe they where just corroded ground finds. The color came off pretty quick and I put dellers darkener on them but they still don't look right.   |
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jessvc1: The images you posted are pretty dark and I really can't tell much. The coin on the left looks like Domitian. From what I can see, it looks right to me. See if you can post better images
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Posted 05/12/2012 12:07 am
