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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Olisipo, post: 2261808, member: 75543&quot;]I&#039;m hoping other collectors can tell me their opinion on this coin. I believe it&#039;s a fake, mostly because of what looks like a rim running along the edge. On top of that it&#039;s only 2.5 g and looks more like a five cent Nickel coughed up by a consumptive cat than a centuries-old silver piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the edge. Notice, for instance, how some of the cracks only cross half of it, being cut short by the rim. That large gash also seems unnatural (see the reverse as well).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]449033[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]449034[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]449035[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I sent the coin soon after receiving it, and the seller has issued a refund. However, he mantains the coin is genuine and so declines to pay the return fees, as Ebay says he should in such cases. Perhaps if a few experienced collectors weigh in he&#039;ll be convinced. Or maybe it turns out I was mistaken, of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, before you throw a caveat emptor Ebaybus on me, the seller runs one of the largest and most reputed auction houses over there. (Besides, the coin was part of a lot and didn&#039;t look suspicious in the pictures he&#039;d provided.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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