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Got this offer through from a guy on ebay today... Attica, Athens 449-415 BC, Silver Tetradrachm. Head of Athena owl reverse. Offer price: £50.00 Buy It Now price: £215.00Buy It Now Your terms: I am Greek collector from Athens. This is not original coin. I offer you 50,00 GBP with out postal charges. Thanks. Chris Offer expires: 03-May-14 09:45:22 BST Buyer user id: anastasiatagara Here is the coin :- 161190627132You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Sorry, wasn't clear.
The guy from Greece is telling me this is a fake coin.
IMO there is nothing at all wrong with it, what do you all think?
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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£50 is a lot to spend on a fake coin with or without postage.
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As you know this is one of the most faked ancient coin type. Looking at this coin IMO it's genuine. I would ask him what makes him think it's fake.
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I have seen this coin for sale before in auction, beware!
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Does that mean you think it's duff? Looks perfectly ok to me.
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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before everybody gets confused, I needed to revise my post because of a misunderstanding
Edited by Dutchgulden
05/01/2014 12:35 pm
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 Let me start again.... I am the seller, I listed this coin about 3 months or so ago. In that time I have turned down 4 offers on it. The Greek guy is a buyer interested in the coin and sent me an offer of 50 gbp, telling me he is a collector and it is a fake. I have it in hand and can see nothing wrong with it hence the posting of it here. You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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oh I'm sorry mate I was too fast with my opinion, in that case I totally agree it looks ok/genuine
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Pillar of the Community
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Sounds like he is trying to convince you that the coin is fake so he can get it on the cheap. I would just ignore him.
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Pillar of the Community
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No-one spends £50 on a fake, he's having you on.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm familiar with Owl Tets, and I don't see anything that raises flags. It's just harshly cleaned, imo.
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Looks fine, I went through Forvm's fakes pages also just to see what's new in the world of fakes just to be sure.
It's been pretty roughly tooled though. The rev has more marks than the obv (look below her chin and behind her neck).
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Thanks guys.
I know it has some tooling, but I hope I have allowed for that and that the price is about right. My main concern was having a coin for sale that wasn't right, thought I had missed something! Might be one that I keep myself, I like it and that, I suppose, is the main thing.
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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I am Greek collector from Athens. Collecting ancient coins is very strictly controlled in Greece. You can buy and sell the rights to be the custodians of certain specific coins, but you can't buy and sell the coins themselves. Old private collections can be maintained (if they are registered with the government) but not expanded. What this person is trying to do - buy an ancient coin off you and import it - is against the law... or it would be, if the coin were known to be genuine. Perhaps this is why they allege the coin is fake. Buying and selling fake ancient coins is perfectly legal in Greece. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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From what I understand, the Greek government is notoriously lax in its enforcement of these laws. The main problems you run into are with trying to get coins in and out of the country or when they decide to (try to) repatriate coins and antiquities back to Greece.
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Posted 05/01/2014 08:42 am
