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<p>[QUOTE="sand, post: 7827163, member: 118540"][USER=95284]@savitale[/USER] Is the coin listed in a current CNG auction? Or is it listed in a past CNG auction? I searched the current CNG auctions, but I didn't find the coin.</p><p>It seems like edge filing is a major problem, for an ancient coin, because it is a red flag, for possibly being a fake cast coin, with the casting seam filed down. Why else would someone file the edge of an ancient coin? Perhaps during a clumsy cleaning process? Perhaps in a misguided attempt to make the coin rounder and therefore more visually appealing?</p><p>Or might the ancient coin flan have been filed, before the coin was struck, or soon after the coin was struck, for some reason? I think I read, that this happened, for some types of ancient coins.</p><p>I agree, that edge filing would certainly knock down the value of the coin, unless the coin is one of those special types, whose edges were filed before or soon after being struck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="sand, post: 7827163, member: 118540"][USER=95284]@savitale[/USER] Is the coin listed in a current CNG auction? Or is it listed in a past CNG auction? I searched the current CNG auctions, but I didn't find the coin. It seems like edge filing is a major problem, for an ancient coin, because it is a red flag, for possibly being a fake cast coin, with the casting seam filed down. Why else would someone file the edge of an ancient coin? Perhaps during a clumsy cleaning process? Perhaps in a misguided attempt to make the coin rounder and therefore more visually appealing? Or might the ancient coin flan have been filed, before the coin was struck, or soon after the coin was struck, for some reason? I think I read, that this happened, for some types of ancient coins. I agree, that edge filing would certainly knock down the value of the coin, unless the coin is one of those special types, whose edges were filed before or soon after being struck.[/QUOTE]
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