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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pprp, post: 8278231, member: 94602&quot;]Do you happen to have any source for this? I assumed that after WWII the auction catalogs contained photos of the real coins and not plaster casts.</p><p><br /></p><p>On Donna&#039;s coin, it has to be the same coin because of the flan shape and centering. Otherwise one of the coins is a forgery and given there are missing details in the Vinchon coin -including a nick on the edge-, that one is to be suspected. Perhaps there is an earlier passage of the coin in a different auction and that may give us some more information.</p><p><br /></p><p>And [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER], you should be cautious as not all coins in old auction catalogs are authentic or not tooled...I note that some months ago I posted a few fake sybaris staters that plagued all major French auctions (Bourgey Platt Vinchon) since the early 1900s. Another one appeared in the recent Prunier auction and sold for 4k+ <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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