Hello everyone. I have on my possession what I believe is a very pristine and rare coin, what are your thoughts on it ?
Really? I’ve sent the same photos to an auction house and a coin collector and they believe it could be real, I’m just trying to gather as much information as I can, I don’t want to waste my time. Thank you for your opinion.
Sorry to read. If it was from eBay or through PayPal you are covered for a few months. I would recommend starting by reaching out to the seller demanding as refund. That hunk of metal isn't worth more than $5
Right about there, yes, but depending on grade, auction venue, how many uber rich people are in attendance, etc, well over double that.
This raises a good question. Does a Slavey fake of a $500,000 coin deserve a higher price than a Slavey fake of a $500 coin? I bought a few Slavey's twenty years ago for $4 each but did not include a Brutus in the group. I do not recall if my source then had any or not. Slavey replicas were sold as replicas and became popular in the fake market when people resold them as genuine. Some of his products are more well done than others but I believe a lot of that is based on how well I know the original. I am not impressed by his fakes of coins I know and would be fooled by some of coins I have never seen. I also believe that he made little effort to match the fabric of his coins to the fabric of the originals so his 3rd century denarii and 1st century denarii both look like they were made on the same alloy. Is that correct? I also believe he had some much better items some of which were signed in the die but I have none of them. Does anyone here have a signed Slavei? There are other 'Bulgarian school' fakes that are sold as Slavey's but I am not certain how we are to know the difference unless you take the hard line and believe that only the signed coins are actually his while the rest (including the Brutus here). I would appreciate comments on this matter as well by anyone who has a handle on the matter. One thing that always bothers me is the attitude that a coin with one in ten chance of being real is worth one tenth as much as a real one. There is no such thing as a one in ten chance. A modern fake is a fake. I can accept a market for old fakes (ancient fourrees or Beckers for example) but not Slavey and the Bulgarian school....yet, anyway.
