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Valued Member
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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You should ask for opinions on the seller...he is notorious.
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Valued Member
 United States
80 Posts |
His name and picture look a little shady
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I don't like the look of the coin. I can't see anything similar in acsearch. I would stay away from that particular seller.
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Moderator
United States
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I have serious doubts about this coin. Just doesn't look right to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The seller has been discussed a few times. I've purchased a couple of coins from him by using the "make offer" button. Both times I submitted reasonable offers based on real comparisons and both times my offers were accepted. They were a mere fraction of his pie-in-the-sky full price. He deals in mostly low-end or "problem" coins but due to the sheer volume he stocks, sometimes you can find an obscure coin worth owning. The Akragas in question appears authentic to me. The "73% off" price is still high for this particular example. A quick look at CNG's archives will give you an idea of what they have sold for in recent years: CNG archives, search terms "Akragas hemidrachm" There are a few "outliers" in terms of realized price but the ebay coin has some problems which detract. Still though... not a bad coin :) Caveat, as usual... I am not an expert. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Yeah, my concern is that the seller seems suspect, almost like a used car salesman, but nothing leaps out at me as being off with the actual coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
The fact that he's selling stamp seals as 'tooth shaped coins' gives me enough concern that he could even differentiate between real and fake coins that I'd avoid him entirely.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Chuy, are you referring to his Akragas listing for the hexas? Those are considered cast coins, although I'm not sure of his nomenclature (hexas may be correct though) 4 pellets = 4/12 or 1/3 of a litra, aka "triens". 3 pellets = 3/12 or 1/4 litra, aka "quadrans". More on these "tooth coins" and other cast coins/proto-coins on Doug Smith's website: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/do...ac56cas.html...and examples from CNG's archives. Edited by ThisIsFun
08/23/2014 9:14 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Huh, well I learned something today then. Could've sworn they were seal stamps.
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Posted 08/22/2014 5:23 pm
