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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7752644, member: 19463&quot;]While I am no specialist in these, I see no way the coin is official from the Athens mint.&nbsp; Beyond that I have nothing to offer except what I would&nbsp; were the coin mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>You bought it from Berk in 1991.&nbsp; in 2021, Berk offers an authentication service.</p><p><a href="https://www.hjbltd.com/#!/article/462-hjbs-ancient-coin-verified-authenticity-program" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hjbltd.com/#!/article/462-hjbs-ancient-coin-verified-authenticity-program" rel="nofollow">https://www.hjbltd.com/#!/article/462-hjbs-ancient-coin-verified-authenticity-program</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d not ask amateurs here but I would ask Berk.&nbsp; However: I looked up your coin in Berk catalog 67 lot 119 and quote from that listing:</p><p>&quot;119. ATTIC ATHENS; 293-166 BC. Tetradrachm 16.96g. Another highly unusual coin as the previous lot.&nbsp; Owl looks like he&#039;s wearing long underwear. EF&nbsp; 500&quot;</p><p>This catalog listed ten owls with lots 118 and 119 flagged as &#039;Highly unusual&#039; and lot 120 as a &#039;contemporary imitation&#039;.&nbsp; In my opinion, you coin could have been listed like 120 but my opinion and $5 will get you a cup of coffee in some places.&nbsp; I wonder what Berk would say if you applied for a refund.&nbsp; After all, it has only been 30 years.&nbsp; I have no doubt that Berk&#039;s guarantee of authenticity is good for much longer than 30 years!&nbsp; However there is no doubt in my mind that this coin was properly described and you will have to search high and low to find a better example of an owl that looks like he&#039;s wearing long underwear.&nbsp; This coin accompanied by a Berk signed certificate quoting the &#039;long underwear&#039; ID should be worth more than a whole bathtub full of designer coffee.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Post like this are making it hard for me to get rid of my collection of old catalogs.&nbsp; I know they will go out for recycle when I die but I would miss being able to look up things from back in the &#039;good old days&#039; when I was working and occasionally could afford a coin from dealers like Berk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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