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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numinaut, post: 3105058, member: 91259&quot;]I bought this on VCoins and received it yesterday. I&#039;m a casual collector, and no sort of authenticator, but none of my copper or bronze coins look like this. It looks like it has been artificially colored and has an overall shinyness like it has a lacquer coating. The coloring is too uniform, with no wear showing on the high areas. The surfaces are an odd orange peel texture, even on high wear areas that I would expect to be worn smooth. It has good detail, for instance see the rivets in Minerva’s shield, but the overall appearance is like a tourist souvenir. Maybe this is common and I just don&#039;t get out to look at enough coins.</p><p>I searched on the Forum Ancient Coins Fake Reports site but didn’t see any like it. The Wildwinds reference page and another reference page are below:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s2692.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s2692.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s2692.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&amp;search=minerva+and+domitian+and+thunderbolt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&amp;search=minerva+and+domitian+and+thunderbolt" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&amp;search=minerva and domitian and thunderbolt</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The seller&#039;s photo is below and a few photos where I tried to show the surface texture. It would be a pretty nice coin if it were real, but I am doubtful. Does it look OK to anyone? Should I try to get it authenticated somewhere, or just send it back? Any opinions would be appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, Chuck</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]786561[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]786562[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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