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Pillar of the Community
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I know this happens often, but it is rare to find one so blatant. I wrote the seller yesterday and told her it was a fake. She wrote back and thanked me, but the coin is still for sale with an ending time I believe in about 6 hours. Anyway, the reason I am posting is to ask what the "VX" stamp might mean on the reverse of this coin. There is an "R" as well, but I would suspect that means replica. Does anyone know the meaning of VX? Here is the image of the reverse of the aforementioned coin:  |
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Valued Member
United States
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When I started this hobby one of the first things I did was learn as much as I could about fakes. One of the very first things I learned was what that R means. Not sure about the VX but hopefully whoever buys it doesn't lose much money.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Does the listing mention it is a replica? If she is trying to pass it off as genuine you need to report it to ebay at least. |
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Pillar of the Community
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No she has herself covered to some extent. The coin is listed as follows: Old Antique Roma R VX Coin Money Token caes vespasian ? ? ? Then in the body she has it described thus: Quote:
I have here a antique Roma coin that I came across I can honestly say that I have no idea what it is or how old it is sorry lol.
But I think the pictures came out really well so you will no more then me by looking at them I just put the dime in to show you the size.
And also if you do know anything could you give me some input about the item? I wrote and her response was: Quote:
K Thanks for the info I will check in to it. Phyllis So I think her rear is covered, but as of now there have only been 2 bids totaling $10.51. I'm still curious what the VX stands for. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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My immediate thought was roman numerals - 5, 10. Perhaps its a catalogue number for the dies?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No, this is a modern punch. Not anything put there when the coin was struck
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Thats what I'm saying - the fakers labelling their coins with roman numerals. Perhaps they consider it to look more roman than arabic numerals.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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VX--it's like nerve gas for the ancients collector.
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Pillar of the Community
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 ... good one, DVC Hey, every now and then "they" seem to add a new emoticon (I kinda chuckled at this latest one)  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think they added that one because we do it so often.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Steve--that's a new one! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Three smileys whipping a .....donkey?
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Three smileys whipping a .....donkey?
Wait, I get it, it's beating a dead horse, like the old saying  Edited by yankee1227
09/16/2012 09:32 am
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duh!  |
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Posted 09/15/2012 2:51 pm
