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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24623469, member: 26430"]Only if you want it to be unsealed anyway. I doubt it's going to be a decisive factor in judging authenticity. To me it looks like it's probably fine. I don't see any reason to doubt it. Saying where it came from and what it weighs may or may not change anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>Photos that are a bit better won't prove it. (If it's fake, good enough photos might show that convincingly; but you won't prove it's genuine; a good enough fake will also look genuine.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The only other thing I can think of that you can do online to add new information is to search for die matches (i.e., genuine coins struck from the same dies, or fakes produced from the same dies/molds).</p><p><br /></p><p>That's just how it usually is with ancient coins. If you don't feel you can judge a coin yourself, you have to rely on the reputation and judgment of whoever sells it to you or owned it previously. (Or send/show it to someone in person for their opinion.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24623469, member: 26430"]Only if you want it to be unsealed anyway. I doubt it's going to be a decisive factor in judging authenticity. To me it looks like it's probably fine. I don't see any reason to doubt it. Saying where it came from and what it weighs may or may not change anything. Photos that are a bit better won't prove it. (If it's fake, good enough photos might show that convincingly; but you won't prove it's genuine; a good enough fake will also look genuine.) The only other thing I can think of that you can do online to add new information is to search for die matches (i.e., genuine coins struck from the same dies, or fakes produced from the same dies/molds). That's just how it usually is with ancient coins. If you don't feel you can judge a coin yourself, you have to rely on the reputation and judgment of whoever sells it to you or owned it previously. (Or send/show it to someone in person for their opinion.)[/QUOTE]
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