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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 3576713, member: 31620&quot;]Back in 2009 there appears to have been a set of dies created to manufacture a whole range of fakes. The route for these into the market was various. Several were offered to dealers as &quot;hoards&quot;. Large numbers were being sold in batches as &quot;uncleaned from a hoard&quot;. Many others were sold in small numbers as &quot;uncleaned&quot; individual coins. Yet more were seeded into uncleaned coin batches to flesh them out and make them appear more appealing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an image of some &quot;premium uncleaned&quot; from the time</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/Probus_Carus_Fake_Ants2.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>more uncleaned</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/prob6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>These dies were used to create impossible combinations too. I created a montage showing some of the die links apparent from the offerings of a single seller.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/albums/userpics/10618/Montage_lined.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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