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Netherlands
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Campgate coins, not really interested in these type of coins but they looked so well for the sales price that I couldnt resist. My intention is to keep 1 and sell te rest. So if you are interested, pm  (Ben perhaps?!  ) I shall post better photos after arrival   |
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Could just be the photos but these coins look a bit odd to me. There has been a lot of fakes coming out of Europe lately. I'm not saying these are, but being in such high grade and the pictures makes me wonder a bit.
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I could be wrong, I often am, but they just look too good to be true. They look to be as struck without any wear. If real an in this condition they wouldn't be cheap even for these common coins. I would ask him where he got them from.
Check out the link I posted on 11/18 on the Ancient Fake stick section.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Looks like a hoard. Speaking stylistically, they are perfect. The mint marks match the campgate style and bust features. I think he's found a hoard of the things. Mint marks match that theory. I bet there was some really nice Vetranio coinage in there.
Id be interested, but for the money id only go for the Heraclea mint issues and he hasnt got any there. Really top notch coins are proper pricey so I stick to the main goal!
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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So what youre sayin ben is that ypu think theyre genuine? You know much more about these types than I do. The seller told me he bought them at an auction and real
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I think they are genuine. Even down to the crappy strike they got on that PLC campgate (my top quality coin is a PLC campgate, mistruck).
Where the hoard was found is a difficult one. Id say it was probably found in eastern Europe.
The key thing here being slight variations. None of those coins are from the same dies but all of them are from the correct mint and with the correct style. The work involved in preparing that many dies would be far in excess of the value of the coins - any die to make these would have to be taken directly from a found coin.
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Valued Member
United States
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I know the fakes echizento is referring to and these are not them, thankfully. These coins appear to be completely genuine.
John
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United States
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Thanks John, I'm glad they turned out to be real. I guess it was the pictures that threw me off. They are exceptional examples and I wouldn't mine one or two of these for my collection.
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Good to hear, thanks a lot! Like I said, I will keep 1-2 and sell the rest
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Italy
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Are these you are buying? or purchased?
They are import coins that we have seen many of for sales. This is the reason we only buy now from the UK.
The coins showing are all later coins than should be of date.
The profit and time in the making is huge once the metals used and different stamping dies are made to make.
We see many thousand of so coins and because method of making is machine stamp and maker know the correct die it become very hard to see by picture but once at side of genuine coin easy to see.
There being around 90 percentage fake coinage now to the real coin it is hard job for collector to see. echizento is correct in first writing, to many of same age coin in condition that is as strucked to be good.
Hope I am making sense now, thank you.
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Now I'm even more confused then normal.  |
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Jaquet,  Are you saying that these are fakes? |
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Posted 12/06/2013 3:05 pm
