Good money being thrown away on a dodgy Nepotian.

It makes me shake my head

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361659611154

 

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Really? Hard to imagine it has 15 bids.

 

Metal and "workmanship" remind me a lot of my fake Hannibaliannus (http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=42890.0)
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Actually quite rare, I've seen them go for a few thousand in better condition.

 

I see the tooling now, I thought you were referring to the type.

 

Rare if real - yes. Fake - yes. It is from the same workshop that created the Hannibaliannus posted by Cucumbor above.

 

It is from entriely modern dies.

 

Oooouuuch! I have a couple fake RR denarii that cost me a total of $100-$150 that I use as a poignant learning experience. Just hate looking at them, but I keep them within my Albums so I DO NOT FORGET TO..DO..MY..HOMEWORK...

 

I notified the seller he is peddling a fake. Let's see how he reacts.

 

The seller is on the Forvm NFSL.

 

The fakeseller is also on this fakesellers list:

http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/fakesellers.html

If you wonder about a seller, perhaps because of a coin that is too good to be true, check that list.

 

Can also flag the item as ebay does not allow the selling of replicas without disclosure. I've done it several times. Though it doesn't appear to be an option with mobile app

 

Ah, it's a fake......At first, Martin, I was wondering why you seemed to think it didn't deserve 15 bids for a 'rare' coin. I wonder if it'll hit the $800.00 plus mark many of the genuine ones in lesser genuine condition do?

 

Take a look at the bids. First hint: The bidders are shown as "private." Second hint: The bidding raises in gradual increments and rounded to the even, whole pound. I don't know about you guys, but I always throw a random ".75" or ".25" on my bids. All signs point to this guy bidding on his own coins to make it look like a popular, expensive coin, thus, "we must bid on it immediately."

Fake Bids


Real Bids

 

Never .75 or .25. Always .76 or .26

 

Same here @Pishpash. I bid increments using .01, .26, .51, .76.

 

You want another clue it is fake, check out the listed weight of 1.15gms (note that the seller never gives the size). These larger bronzes should weigh around 5 gms.

BTW, I always use .27 or .77 bids, just a bit higher than the more common .26 or .76.

 

I always use .28 or .88. I've not noticed that it helps my win rate .

 

US monetary system included mills. Usually, breaking down costs in maufacturing, purchasing, inventories, etc., the costing would be to 3 decimal places. Every time I put in a bid for coins to the third decimal, the Auction House just does not 'get it'! WTH!?!?

 

Headed past $850. Sigh.