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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Evidence of filing, but the surfaces look good to me. Style looks good. Green spots/verdigris are encouraging. Wear looks legit. Perhaps this was mounted (as a pendant or other piece of jewelry) at some point in its past, thus accounting for the filing?
Edited by Kamnaskires 08/24/2014 5:08 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Bob, I have not been able to find it on wildwinds.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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If only we had coin shows here. Am considering a bid....
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Pillar of the Community
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You are right, it is very soft and FID is missing in ex. Not sure about this....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am viewing on my phone so I am at a slight disadvantage. The coin does not look too bad really although the edges do need better examination. What I do notice though is that the 'clean' areas look more like bronze. The coin should be orichalcum ! Bronze is much easier to cast than 'brass'. Someone with a backyard casting operation would have an easier go with bronze (so I have been told) For this reason I think you might be sceptical of this one Tempting though it seems !
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks FR I am leaving it. If I am going to buy something that is that rare, I would rather it was in better condition. I will still watch it with interest. Edit: here is the link if anybody is interested: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OLD-COIN-...em3a95c34d50
Edited by pishpash 08/24/2014 6:29 pm
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There are good and bad points to this coin, the thickness and age on the surface look good but the strick looks a bit odd to me. Also looks a bit tooled in some spots. If's it's a copy it's not a recent one.
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If it was a fiver in a bargain bin, then I would have it. I think it will go substantially higher than that.
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