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New Member
Australia
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Hi, about three weeks ago I bought lot of five coins of someone, the lot included 1 ancient roman coin 1 ancient Greek coin 2 Morgan silver dollars and 1 English silver coin from 1890, after reading quit a few articles on the site I am starting to doubt if these coins are real, I would appreciate the communities opinion, also can someone point me in the right direction and let me know where I can post the pics of the 2 Morgan silver dollars and the English dollar. thanks     Edited by xamenos
06/17/2014 10:42 am
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Valued Member
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Hi in my opinion unfortunately both modern replicas.
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Valued Member
United States
138 Posts |
I was about to say the same thing .. Definitely fakes
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
 Unfortunately,both are crude brass cast fakes, manufactured for locals to flog to tourists. The bottom one is similar to a very common fake given out by Readers Digest, a long time ago. The top is imitating a Vitellius Sestertius, which #I havent seen before. The bottom appears to be several generations into a Dekadrachm of Syracuse (by generations, I mean that this is a cast of a cast of cast). |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
Vitellius definitely looks dodgy. The Greek coin is usually seen in silver with this design. The squiggles around the head are supposed to be dolphins. Not good news, sorry.
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Moderator
 United States
23731 Posts |
to the community Sadly I agree with the others they are both fakes. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4981 Posts |
but yeah, what everyone else said. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
946 Posts |
They are all Cast Fakes. |
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New Member
 Australia
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4981 Posts |
i can't comment on these xamenos, I'm not familiar enough with them. maybe some here are, but you may want to post them in the united states and world coins forums and get some opinions.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The Jubilee head Crown was minted between 1887-1892.What is happening to the 3rd digit of the date.?
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