Hi, I Am Trying To Identfy This Coin

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maria741969 New Member United States 12 Posts	Posted 07/14/2012 10:20 am any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

esandweiss Valued Member United States 157 Posts	Posted 07/14/2012 11:08 am it is either a fake ancient coin or an ancient coin, I will ask my local dealer. Report this Post to the Staff
maria741969 New Member United States 12 Posts	Posted 07/14/2012 10:40 pm Thank you so much for your help! wish I knew if it was real or a fake. thanks again! Maria Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 07/14/2012 10:50 pm I moved your thread for a little more exposure swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
dougsmit Pillar of the Community United States 1549 Posts	Posted 07/14/2012 10:59 pm This is a silver Syracuse 32 litrai (about 28g.) of Hieron II of Syracuse, 275-215 BC, which should sell for at least $10k if genuine. This one is not. Style is off and it does not even look like real silver but painted pot metal? The one below is: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=51672 Report this Post to the Staff
Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 07/14/2012 11:08 pm maria, I do not collect Greek coins, but I do believe this coin may be from Syracuse, circa 220 BC. I cannot speak to it's authenticity, but there are members on this forum who can help in that regard. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/14/2012 11:15 pm to the community I don't collect Greek coins, but from what I can see this does not look real. The metal looks like lead with what looks like the remains of some silver. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 07/15/2012 12:56 pm I think Doug summed this one up--wish it were real! Report this Post to the Staff
maria741969 New Member United States 12 Posts	Posted 07/16/2012 10:13 am You Guys are the BEST!! thank you all for your time and knowledge. I have four more that I will be posting soon. These coins are real. I need help with the value. Thanks again!!!! Report this Post to the Staff
dougsmit Pillar of the Community United States 1549 Posts	Posted 07/16/2012 10:54 am Tough love before we even see the coins: The higher the value, the greater the chance the coins are fake. Every week it seems we hear of another dealer that should know better gets caught with another high end fake. For your sake, I hope you have low value coins. The number of $10k items in hands outside the pedigreed high end collectors and dealers is a very small number while the number of coins grandpa paid $100 for in 1945 that are neither fake nor stolen is getting small. Report this Post to the Staff
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