Ancient Greek Sicily Silver Didrachm Naxos opinion on real or fake.

Haha wouldn't it be nice if it was real...

If you're at all interested in ancient coins, might as well keep it. It's a cool coin, and represents a coin that almost nobody here will ever be able to afford in their lifetimes.

This same idea applies to US coins as well. For example, if you think you have an AU or UNC 1889-CC Morgan dollar, you don't. There are a variety of coins that are widely counterfeited, and with an incredibly low number of real examples.

A more recent example would be the 1974 aluminum Lincoln cent. There are countless people who have found a silvery 1974 cent and think they've hit the million-dollar jackpot. Spoiler: they haven't.

For ancient coins, theres a good multi-part general rule for 6-figure coins:
1. if someone claims to have metal detected it they:
a) didn't
b) found a fake in the ground
2. if someone claims to have found it in 'grandpa's collection' they:
a) didn't
b) found a fake in grandpa's collection
3. if someone claims to have bought it for a few dollars on eBay (or part of a group lot) they:
a) didn't
b) found a fake

See the trend?

 

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Hey, I almost won $18 thousand bucks in Super Lotto in 2014 when I was in college.

If i recall, i had 4 of 5 winnings numbers (no mega number).

The kicker was: the 5th winning number (for 18 grand) was 36.
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My ticket had the number 35.

I ended up winning $72 dollars in negotiatble american currency. Ended up having to walk over 2 miles to find a gas station that had that enough cash in the till to cash out! Great exercise in the Los Angeles summer.

I still have those 72 dollars in a pouch at my parent's house.

The idea is: if I ever lose everything- I mean my job, my relationship, my residence, my money, I will have 72 bucks of lucky money to fall back on. If I ever have to become homeless, i will use those 72 dollars first to try to get back on my feet. If I never use that money, I plan to pass it on to my children with the strict condition to only be used as an absolute last-ditch resort.

 

It’s a forgery, without a doubt.

Barry Murphy

 

Thanks everyone for your input i appreciate you going out of your way to help me.
I had no idea on what the cost of this coin was. If i would have i probably would of assumed fake.

I do believe the story the lady told me about her dad finding the coin tho. Guess he just found a fake one.
I still think it is a really cool coin especially seeing the coin in person.

Thanks again everyone.

 

Haha yeah i do see what you mean. Speaking of lincon cents do u have any idea why a 1985 lincon cent would be silver or aluminium? I recently found one while looking through some rolls.

 

It would be the zinc core exposed.