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<p>[QUOTE="Herodotus, post: 7780429, member: 111387"]If the top coin had the OP fooled for anything more than millisecond, I now understand your concern in limiting yourself to slabbed coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would offer up a suggestion in studying up on how to detect (ancient) fakes -- ie. tell-tale signs to look for. It's a worthwhile endeavor for anyone who plans to be serious about the hobby. There are a few good resources on the internets about this. 'Google is your friend'.</p><p><br /></p><p>I take the approach to presume that any coin may be a copy, until it can be reasonable ruled out as otherwise. The coin in the OP is not what I would consider as a 'good' or 'dangerous' fake.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are 'dangerous' fakes:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/1-jpg.759190/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/2-jpg.759191/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/3-jpg.759192/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/4-jpg.759193/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/5-jpg.759194/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/6-jpg.759195/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/7-jpg.759196/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/8-jpg.759197/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/9-jpg.759198/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Courtesy of [USER=56976]@Bob L.[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Herodotus, post: 7780429, member: 111387"]If the top coin had the OP fooled for anything more than millisecond, I now understand your concern in limiting yourself to slabbed coins. I would offer up a suggestion in studying up on how to detect (ancient) fakes -- ie. tell-tale signs to look for. It's a worthwhile endeavor for anyone who plans to be serious about the hobby. There are a few good resources on the internets about this. 'Google is your friend'. I take the approach to presume that any coin may be a copy, until it can be reasonable ruled out as otherwise. The coin in the OP is not what I would consider as a 'good' or 'dangerous' fake. These are 'dangerous' fakes: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/1-jpg.759190/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/2-jpg.759191/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/3-jpg.759192/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/4-jpg.759193/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/5-jpg.759194/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/6-jpg.759195/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/7-jpg.759196/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/8-jpg.759197/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/9-jpg.759198/[/IMG] Courtesy of [USER=56976]@Bob L.[/USER][/QUOTE]
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