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Pillar of the Community
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I think I will live to regret this purchase, but we'll see. Received a few days ago, and just sent off to NGC.   |
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Really nice pick-up @tdz. Do you think that the flan was undersized to the die or was a small amount of silver harvested from this coin by trimming the edge?
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think I will live to regret this purchase... Are you afraid you paid too much, concerned about its authenticity, or as Spence suggests worried that it's been clipped, and will come back from NGC certified as genuine but with a details annotation? Colligo ergo sum
Edited by Lucky Cuss
08/31/2019 12:53 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
7965 Posts |
This is a coin that came through the NGC-eBay service rated as "likely genuine" before I bid on it, but some forum members have identified other coins listed later by this seller as definitely fake. The devices and legends are very true compared to those on authentic coins, as best I can tell from looking at examples from recent auction sales, but the condition (and price) are a little too good to be true (not that it was cheap).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It will be interesting to see what NGC thinks. Besides the harsh cleaning something just feels a bit off. The bread and head details seem very finely detailed for a coin in this era.
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Lithuania
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Valued Member
Lithuania
386 Posts |
All these coins are'nt genuine......
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09/03/2019 2:22 pm
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Lithuania
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7965 Posts |
I had remembered your post with those coins with the dark, uneven patina. But I did not remember the 1555 was one of them  I had compared it with this higher grade example on CoinArchives: https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotv...81d6b2ed3b67 I should have been suspicious of the sharper details. ... and I had used the NGC-eBay service before bidding, and received an opinion of "likely genuine." So hopefully I can get a refund ... maybe from two places. And if not... lesson learned. Edited by tdziemia
09/04/2019 2:16 pm
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Valued Member
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How does this ebay NGC test even work? Some guy from NGC takes a look at the pics in the listings? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7965 Posts |
Yes, that's exactly how it works.
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Germany
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Thanks for clearing that up
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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tdziemia, thanks for the info. I didn't know this service existed. I almost want to list my undergraded PCGS Ducaton on ebay and then get NGC's opinion on it. :D |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Worst possible outcome: Not Suitable for Certification If I had gotten "Likely Not Authentic" I could have returned it. That's more than one lesson learned  |
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United States
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I bought a few off of ebay. Little more worn. More for curiosity sake and love of Poland's history. I will try and post pictures later when I have the chance. |
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 to the Community, Thestranger! |
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