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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Hello, Again a nice coin I'm tempted to buy. A sestertius of Trajan, not a cheap one: 47,5 euro incl shipping. What would you do: buy or let it go? I really appreciate all your advice, sometimes I'm a little too fast in making decisions   |
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United States
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 Netherlands
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Thanks TIF, I wasnt sure about those 2 cracks either, like they're filled? The seller told me they come from a respectable seller but we can never be sure  Edited by Dutchgulden
12/20/2013 4:17 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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ThisIsFun has picked this one correctly, and has explained why.
The picture has provided a good education on how to identify this type of fake. I ask everybody to have a good look at it, for their own education.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Even if it were good the condition isn't. With patience 60 euros should be enough to buy a reasonable F condition Trajan sestertius without such a rough gnarly surface. A worn coin can still have nice style and a certain appeal that it was actually used by thousands of people walking around in togas.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is tooled. Notice how the outline of the types, both obverse and reverse, are cut into the flan. This is a serious problem with the piece. When parts of a design are weak (for example, here, the reverse lettering) and the main type has a bold outline something odd is going on. In this case, tooling has made that difference.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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When a struck coin has flan cracks, the metal has been over stressed at the site of the crack. The crack itself will usually extend through all of the thickness of the coin, and will show roughness inside the the crack itself indicating tensile metal stress beyond the point of failure.
Shallow cracks that do not show any sign of metal stress inside the crack usually indicate that the coin has been cast, and this one exhibits perfectly this type of fake.
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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After these new photo's, I'm not so sure anymore its a fake, I know I'm a beginner but take a look: (not that I'm going to buy it, but for education)   Edited by Dutchgulden
12/21/2013 03:58 am
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