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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5205912, member: 19463"]Regarding the matter of Provenance showing a coin is not fake: This listing shows a coin from the famous Dattari collection a hundred+ years ago. Dattari/Savio was illustrated by pencil rubbings.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1215143[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my fake. How do I know mine is a fake? CNG sold the one from which mine was cast last year. Admittedly photos would allow a bit better chance of seeing a problem but big name provenanced coins can serve as masters for making cast fakes so you have to be able to be certain that you have the exact specimen and not its evil twin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1215144[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 5205912, member: 19463"]Regarding the matter of Provenance showing a coin is not fake: This listing shows a coin from the famous Dattari collection a hundred+ years ago. Dattari/Savio was illustrated by pencil rubbings. [ATTACH=full]1215143[/ATTACH] This is my fake. How do I know mine is a fake? CNG sold the one from which mine was cast last year. Admittedly photos would allow a bit better chance of seeing a problem but big name provenanced coins can serve as masters for making cast fakes so you have to be able to be certain that you have the exact specimen and not its evil twin. [ATTACH=full]1215144[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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