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But, I'm not sure. Pictured next to a quarter for size comparison. Any clues? Thanks  |
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It looks pretty fake to me.
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New Member
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That's why I'm here. A really old coin dealer told me they were real and I know that my grandfather got them in Rome, and claimed they were real. Still, they look fake to me. He does have a few real silver roman coins.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Send them to ngc....they can tell you real or fake
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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These coins are too fake to be termed as fake, and so IMO, there was no original intention to deceive.
They are probably best termed as replica coins.
More of a question to be asked:
Why were they produced?
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New Member
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Why? I don't know. They did funny things in the 1930's. Well, I know they are older than my mother. My grandmother also said they were real when she gave them to me. Who knows?
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Why were they produced? To extract money from tourists.  These are "tourist copies", typical of the sorts of coins you can still find for sale in the street markets and tourist spots of Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria and elsewhere in the Mediterranean world. No-one who is at all familiar with ancient coins would be fooled by them. These ones in particular are the wrong metal - while some later Roman and Greek coins were made of brass, no Archaic Period pieces were (like these purport to be). I think the pointy-bearded chap bottom right of bottom pic was copied from the satyr seen on the Naxos silver staters. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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I had the same reaction when I saw then but my grandmother insisted they were real. I took them to a well known dealer to prove I was right, but no. He also said they were real, and seemed to be very knowledgeable about them. I guess I should sell them to him. :-) More opinions would be appreciated.
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my grandmother insisted they were real. Unfortunately that has no bearing on the authenticity if she isn't an expert on coins. Quote:
He also said they were real Did he offer to buy them? Did he provide any incite as to what they were? Quote:
More opinions would be appreciated You are going to hear then same thing from multiple member Quote:
These are "tourist copies", typical of the sorts of coins you can still find for sale in the street markets and tourist spots of Italy, This pretty much sums it up as Sap is one of the most knowledgeable members on foreign coins that we have. |
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I can't agree more, they look like fakes.
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They might be real somethings, but coins they aren't.
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