Have You Seen Worse Tooling?

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Ken Dorney, Aug 5, 2016.

  1. Ken Dorney

    Ken Dorney Yea, I'm Cool That Way...

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  3. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    Who's that German guy who loves his tooled coins? Looks like he had wee smidgen too much Schnapps before he pulled out the Dremel.
     
  4. Carausius

    Carausius Brother, can you spare a sestertius?

    Pius appears to be singing an aria.

    Some of the Roman Republican bronzes in a certain upcoming (non-eBay)auction made me cringe more.
     
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  5. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Reminds me of a modern Zincoln.
     
  6. Victor_Clark

    Victor_Clark all my best friends are dead Romans Dealer

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  7. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Ancient Hobo Nickles
     
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  8. Insider

    Insider Talent on loan from...

    Yes...in Post#5.
     
  9. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

    No, but I clicked on the link and in the suggestion at the bottom of the eBay page where it says "More like this" was one of the worst fakes of a post-death Antoninus Pius denarius that I have ever seen, and a tooled Trajan As. The rest was mostly junk...oh, and what is most likely a cast fake of a dupondius of Nero.

    Looks like eBay ancients is a minefield of fakes, tooled coins, and overpriced junk. I don't know how you all have the patience to sort through that garbage in search for the rare genuine coin at a decent price.

    In 15 minutes of jumping from coin to coin I didn't find much that was worth a second look.
     
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  10. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    It's honestly getting worse and worse. There is coins that have been on there since 2009 when I started buying them from there.

    Some sellers have 700 coins that are not even ancient that ends up cluttering the listings, it's annoying.

    I haven't got anything in a few weeks on there, thats rare for me.
     
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  11. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    I generally shop only trusted dealers that I have gotten recommendations. Otherwise, pot-luck searching and ensuring you have a real coin. :)
     
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