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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2993211, member: 39084&quot;]There are a lot of factors working against this coin being genuine.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Silver coins from the first century AD simply do not come out of the ground in this condition after 1900+ years.&nbsp; Silver will tarnish and react with various substances in the ground -- unlike gold, silver is not chemically inert.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. It&#039;s unlikely this coin would have been found without other coins -- i.e., in some sort of large or small hoard.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. The coin&#039;s wear is suspect.&nbsp; While the high points on the devices show signs of circulation wear, the reverse legends are extremely sharp, with the letters showing edges that have almost no wear (i.e., rounding).&nbsp; This is <i>very</i> unusual.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. This is a widely forged coin; Forgery Network has pages of these that look similar to the OP coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forgerynetwork.com/viewassets.aspx?mode=IrY%7ex%7e6CGiY1Q%3d&amp;cl=0tQgHX6TtIs%3d&amp;cln=&amp;br=0tQgHX6TtIs%3d&amp;pr=umVJ1UWWZWs%3d&amp;prd=&amp;key=Lfn5uQgfLtqUSNUe9%7ex%7ej8fg%3d%3d&amp;ext=CbSSjWkLN03YeTuQXF4H4QH%2fQglw7e7HP%2faL3GaaCQipaQhi4iWDIWHE9YfedsH3Bhz3qs6cHUVcmiT780Lk9EOLumVXPWZq26k5XqOmFT3cdZc%7ex%7ewQZYyVJBTc3GH2CMSsAf2vYy3sF2SpMb5EMxrg%3d%3d&amp;srco=1&amp;num=20&amp;srchall=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forgerynetwork.com/viewassets.aspx?mode=IrY%7ex%7e6CGiY1Q%3d&amp;cl=0tQgHX6TtIs%3d&amp;cln=&amp;br=0tQgHX6TtIs%3d&amp;pr=umVJ1UWWZWs%3d&amp;prd=&amp;key=Lfn5uQgfLtqUSNUe9%7ex%7ej8fg%3d%3d&amp;ext=CbSSjWkLN03YeTuQXF4H4QH%2fQglw7e7HP%2faL3GaaCQipaQhi4iWDIWHE9YfedsH3Bhz3qs6cHUVcmiT780Lk9EOLumVXPWZq26k5XqOmFT3cdZc%7ex%7ewQZYyVJBTc3GH2CMSsAf2vYy3sF2SpMb5EMxrg%3d%3d&amp;srco=1&amp;num=20&amp;srchall=0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forgerynetwork.com/viewassets.aspx?mode=IrY~x~6CGiY1Q=&amp;cl=0tQgHX6TtIs=&amp;cln=&amp;br=0tQgHX6TtIs=&amp;pr=umVJ1UWWZWs=&amp;prd=&amp;key=Lfn5uQgfLtqUSNUe9~x~j8fg==&amp;ext=CbSSjWkLN03YeTuQXF4H4QH/Qglw7e7HP/aL3GaaCQipaQhi4iWDIWHE9YfedsH3Bhz3qs6cHUVcmiT780Lk9EOLumVXPWZq26k5XqOmFT3cdZc~x~wQZYyVJBTc3GH2CMSsAf2vYy3sF2SpMb5EMxrg==&amp;srco=1&amp;num=20&amp;srchall=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>5. If genuine, in this condition it would be worth as much as $5,000+.</p><p><br /></p><p>The probability that this coin is genuine is vanishingly close to zero.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: This coin purports to be RIC 186.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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