Bid Board Buy

Got this from a bid board. I am miserable at detecting fakes, help!!!

 

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Rough but looks OK.

 

It’s a beaut! Though the green is dark (except for a troublesome spot on the obverse at Bottom of the R), it appears to be in all the areas that have deteriorations. Does the green scratch off at all?
Either way, i would certainly distilled water soak, brush with a trimmed tooth brush a few times and then Verdicare.
It is pretty hilarious that it makes it look like Augustus is projectile vomiting!

My same type had a battle with BD.
And yours is certainly better then mine:

 

I don't see anything making me think it's fake.

 

What is a Bid Board?
Looks like a really great coin - but that green is certainly troubling and could be a major problem.

 

You really don't know bid boards!!! You get a ticket, attach your coin, put a price on it and for a week people can bid and raise their bids on it and then YOU SELL IT!

 

I have it VerdiCareing overnight, will wipe in the morning and re-photo.

 

Seriously no... sounds awesome. Live in a small town with no other ancient collectors..

 

A carnival of coins

 

Never heard of bid boards before either...
Your example has a nice reverse

Augustus, Posthumous as - struck under the reign of Tiberius
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, Radiate head of Augustus left
PROVIDENT, Altar, S C in field
11.02 gr
Ref : Cohen #228, RCV #1789, RIC I # 81

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When I was a young collector -- from the time I was ten until about thirteen or so -- there was a brick-and-mortar coin shop at the local mall that had a bid board. Every Saturday afternoon the auctions would close. I was a general U.S. collector back then (20th century type coins with Whitman folders for Lincoln cents, buffalo nickels, Mercury dimes, Jefferson nickels, Roosevelt dimes, etc.) and found several attractive but well-circulated coins for my collection, which I have since parted ways with. The bid board was one of the more exciting aspects of the hobby for me, because traditional auctions were otherwise outside of my schoolboy's budget.

 

Nice new pickup. Mine has a little green on it as well.

 

Same here, no bid board, only I live in a large town—city really—but the only interest the locals have is the college football team.

 

Never heard of that auction medium, @Kentucky . Nice capture!


DIVVS AVGVSTVS


RI Augustus DIVUS under Tiberius 22-23 CE Radiate Alter

 

Same with me when I got into the hobby in the mid-80s. MY LCS had a bid board and with my allowance, I would buy low grade u.s. coins or supplies. With birthday or x-mas money I felt like a king and was able to participate in the bid board.

Most of the time I won common morgans, a few canadian silvers, "grab bags" which weren't too bad for a kid.

They also held a month coin club right across the street at a park. That's when my parents would take me & my dad would participate in the raffles. He'd win every time. Never the gold prizes though.

One was an 1826 Capped Bust Half in about VF shape I still own it.

They also would give me problem buffalo nickles, Vcoins, Wheaties and so on just because I was a kid.

They closed shop in the early 90s, never knew why. It was vacant for decades. Now it's an eyeglass/optometry.

The good old days.

 

Shop near me in Massachusetts does a bid board once a month. I haven’t been in a long time, but it is very cool.

 

The EBay of its time.

 

OK, rinsed and VerdiCared overnight, nothing dramatic, but I do like it for $8

 

$8? You stole it!