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New Member
United States
30 Posts |
What hole? I can barley see it because it is so unnoticeable...  |
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New Member
United States
26 Posts |
I'm still waiting for Jack O'Neill and the rest of the Stargate SG-1 team to walk through it  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
579 Posts |
I don't think CNG provides a dialing device with it. They would have no way of getting home!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
Estimated selling price before the auction was $100. It sold for $140   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
Right ring, exe does it read TEST?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
TESgamma (Thessalonica) Auction description from http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=237502Quote:
307, Lot: 342. Estimate $100.
Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer's fee.
Jovian. AD 363-364. Æ Maiorina (26mm, 3.84 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint, 3rd officina. DN IOVIANV S P F P P AVG, [laurel and rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right] / VICTORIA ROMANORVM, [emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum and Victory on a globe;] TESgamma. RIC VIII 234; LRBC 1698. VF, green patina, central portion of cut out in antiquity. Unusual. And I was wrong about the price. $140 plus buyer's fees, so $161 + shipping.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
579 Posts |
It is definitely unique I can see some of the draw to it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
Help! Someone help me cut out Constantine era pictures and send them to CNG so we can make profits....who wants in....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2480 Posts |
It would be funny to find this same coin and cut out the center, 'age' the cut a bit, and sell it as the missing center.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4973 Posts |
i'll sell this one for 20 bucks...  i'll sell this one for 120 bucks...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36883 Posts |
Amazing. So these are worth far more with a hole in them than not.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3444 Posts |
Instead of making 'fakes' (and engaging in fraud) it should be a whole lot easier to
1) make a punch and die
2) anneal an old bronze coin
3) punch out the center
4) 'age' and re-patinate the coin
5) sell it to some 'chump' for big money
You wouldn't be engaged in forgery as the coin would be without question ancient
You are merely 'improving' it a little ..... think of it more as a aggressive 'overcleaning'
Or perhaps "tooled"
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
579 Posts |
I am guessing they changed the description since I first posted it since it doesn't have the barely noticeable anymore.
It should only be 'slight tooling with some smoothing on the inner ring'
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Somewhat related, I came across this interesting holed/cut coin from a recent Australian auction. Hammered at $40,000! Picture from a screen cap of the online auction catalog, viewable at http://www.downies.com/aca/pages/ca...asp#session4So maybe if you hole some coins today, your greatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgrandchildren may have something of value.  Edited by ThisIsFun
08/08/2013 05:29 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
579 Posts |
Well that one looks like the hole is an actual counter mark as well.
I should go start poking holes in all my toonies again and start selling them. Used to do it just for fun didn't know I could make a profit!
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Posted 07/19/2013 12:49 am
