Hello all, I've found it to be a difficult few months for coins. Competition seems to be really fierce and I've usually found it wiser to stay...
Maybe you could consider what kind of fake it is, if it's indeed fake. Cast? Doesn't look like it with those sharp details. Pressed? Unlikely...
3.44g for a RR coin in that state of preservation is suspicious to me. I'd think it is plated. Specific gravity is very hard to measure...
Have you read Forvm's page on ancients grading? It may answer a lot of your questions....
Please don't condemn it as fake or attempt to clean it just yet. I am not familiar with this coin type and I cannot say if it's authentic or not....
Close! The problem with the paragraph is that it refers to outdated information, and in one case has speculation stated as fact. The paragraph's...
Beautiful example. Here's mine, off struck and corroded. [ATTACH] About Wikipedia... I read it often and it's a good starting point. But it is...
Hmm. But you were asking for free ID help here, to assist you in selling a coin? I think people might not like it when their free advice is...
Smartphone cameras will not get one very far I'm afraid. In my experience even a simple point and shoot camera will do better.
With all due respect. You may take it as ribbing, and indeed I interpreted it the same way. Thing is, others may not. Plus, the Ancients board...
Curtis Clay and Lolli have both posted in this thread with regard to coins that were posted here. As I understand it, both do not believe the...
If you really did send the coin back (although without the original packaging) then it's unreasonable for the seller to claim you sent him the...
First coin is obviously Nero. It may be this: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s1942.html#RIC_0049
Forgers normally make many fakes. Have you found a fake report of this coin somewhere? Can you share it here?
You aren't addressing the points I raised (deliberately?). Just to recap: 1. There isn't agreement on whether the coin is fake. In addition...
I honestly don't understand. I think it hasn't been established that the coin is fake. Isn't it a stretch to say the seller is a scammer?...
I am not an expert but Curtisclay is. I would value his opinion higher than most others. Sorry but to be blunt: Are you an expert, to be able to...
I think it's a little intimidating to reply. The thread title implies you should be an expert to post? Butcher and Ponting have suggested that...
Sorry, a small correction to Carausius. Caesar did strike many coins under his own authority, but he didn't strike coins bearing his own likeness....
It's fairly common nowadays for people to "flip" coins quickly. I find it irritating, but not suspicious.
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