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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2133491, member: 19463&quot;]I did not know they were still in business.&nbsp; Becker was a master die cutter of the 1800&#039;s.&nbsp; Rosa was a lesser copyist of the 20th century who produced fake Beckers.&nbsp; I have no idea who is using the name today or if anything from that article is current or even from the last fifty years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have the Akragas dekadrachm exactly as shown on the Becker page at $22.&nbsp; I&#039;m away from home now so all I have to show is this image from one of my photo pages.&nbsp; It has copy in the reverse field and Becker on the edge but even with those erased the coin should not fool anyone in the market for a real dekadrachm.&nbsp; People who would be fooled by this copy really need to be buying from a trustworthy dealer.&nbsp; A reasonably decent Akragas dekadrachm would be in the higher six figures and almost never come up for sale.&nbsp; I bought mine on eBay for a lot less than the new Becker price.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0pns02.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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