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Is This Alexander Tetradrachm Legit ? [ebay]

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 Posted 03/09/2016  12:34 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add powderp to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello everyone, I'm new here, but I've lurked the forum for some time now.

I wanted to gift my mother a nice coin/necklace type thing and I let her chose something she might like.

The link below is the one she chose but I have some doubts on whether this thing is really legit (specifically the weight). I guess the price is high so I'd still make him a lower offer, even if it's legit.

Could you please help me out and tell me if this looks genuine to you ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Ale...AOSwDuJWyW~I
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 Posted 03/09/2016  12:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cjweber to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm not an expert, but that looks pretty good to me... I'm sure someone will give you a legitimate answer
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 Posted 03/09/2016  1:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add moxking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks good, but it doesn't really matter. Once a coin is squeezed into a wrapped bezel the edges will forever show that damage and greatly reduce the coins numismatic value.

Perhaps you could show your mom a $5.00 gold half eagle? You can find those in bezels for very close to spot price and because it is gold it will always retain its gold value, even in a bezel.
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 Posted 03/09/2016  1:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add moxking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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Thanks for the welcome. The story behind this is that my mom used to have a somewhat similar one when she was young and so that's why I really wanted something like this. It's no problem that the coin is damaged on the edge.

She'll wear it as a necklace. Still waiting for a few more replies as I really want to be sure before I bust out the cash. :D Most of the ones I've seen weighed more than this one. Are there also lighter tetradrachms ?
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 Posted 03/11/2016  3:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Paul Bulgerin to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The coin does look authentic to me.
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 Posted 03/11/2016  4:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BuckeyeCoinGuy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Something is off here.

Weight shouldn't be 4.3 grams for a tetradrachm, maybe a drachm. Should be closer to 17 grams for a tetradrachm.

If it is a drachm, then perhaps it is real. Drachm are roughly 4.3 grams and 17mm diameter.

Unless that gold bezel is nearly a half ounce of gold, I'd run from this on price alone before even bothering to look around on wildwinds for a matching coin to check authenticity.

The coin can be had for $50 - $150. The gold isn't worth the bump to $600.

Run away, run away fast and don't look back.

I wouldn't pay more than $50 plus gold melt value myself.

As for authenticity, I have no opinion but would comment that Bulgaria is known for a lot of ancient coin fakes.
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 Posted 03/29/2016  11:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add freddo30 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The coin appears ancient from what little I can tell from the photo BUT likely edge filed and definitely terribly overpriced. I see the auction has been pulled.

These coins were manufactured for centuries in numerous places with each one differing slightly from the other ;
contemporary counterfeits though ancient themselves are rampant. Usually cast.

You can get a really nice genuine example for a lot less though as another poster pointed out, a bezel would ruin it. It would be a shame to survive for 2,000 years just to get clobbered now.

Nothing against Romania, but I wouldn't send too much money overseas regardless.
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