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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3255953, member: 82549"]Since I collect mostly lower-price coins, I haven't bought any fakes that I'm aware of, (although it's possible that I have a couple and just haven't discovered them yet).</p><p><br /></p><p>My greatest blooper was bringing a batch of coins outside to my front porch to photograph. I placed an XF Constantiniana Dafne on this stand that I made to hold both the coin and the camera. I tilted the stand back slightly to lower the angle of the sunlight when I saw the coin slide off the stand, hit the ground edge on and roll under my porch. I dug around and even crawled under the porch on my belly looking for it, but I never found it.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only consolation is that some day, maybe a hundred years from now, someone might find that coin, wonder what it is, and get turned on to collecting ancients!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a similar coin from my CtG collection that I was hoping to upgrade with the XF one:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/93.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Constantine I ("the Great"), A.D. 307-377</p><p>Constantinople mint, A.D. 328</p><p>RIC 32</p><p>Obv: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG</p><p>Rev: CONSTANTINI-ANA DAFNE - Victory on cippus, holding palms; trophy in front; captive at feet</p><p>CONS in exergue; B in left field</p><p>20 mm, 3.1 g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3255953, member: 82549"]Since I collect mostly lower-price coins, I haven't bought any fakes that I'm aware of, (although it's possible that I have a couple and just haven't discovered them yet). My greatest blooper was bringing a batch of coins outside to my front porch to photograph. I placed an XF Constantiniana Dafne on this stand that I made to hold both the coin and the camera. I tilted the stand back slightly to lower the angle of the sunlight when I saw the coin slide off the stand, hit the ground edge on and roll under my porch. I dug around and even crawled under the porch on my belly looking for it, but I never found it. My only consolation is that some day, maybe a hundred years from now, someone might find that coin, wonder what it is, and get turned on to collecting ancients! Here's a similar coin from my CtG collection that I was hoping to upgrade with the XF one: [IMG]http://feltemp.com/Images/93.jpg[/IMG] Constantine I ("the Great"), A.D. 307-377 Constantinople mint, A.D. 328 RIC 32 Obv: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG Rev: CONSTANTINI-ANA DAFNE - Victory on cippus, holding palms; trophy in front; captive at feet CONS in exergue; B in left field 20 mm, 3.1 g.[/QUOTE]
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