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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 4994534, member: 82549&quot;]I agree that this is not particularly easy to tell. </p><p><br /></p><p>First of all, the size and weight are off. It should be closer to 18-19 mm and weigh between 3.5-4 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stylistically these coin do vary, so I can&#039;t condemn this coin based on the obverse alone. But the reverse is very problematic. For one thing, it&#039;s upside down. Here&#039;s is the photo with the correct orientation:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1199437[/ATTACH]</p><p>Now go to either <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">VCoins</a> or the <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">Research page of CNG</a> and search for &quot;Julius Caesar elephant.&quot; Compare the reverse of this coin with the examples that come up. You should notice some obvious differences.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will also, if you check selling prices, realize that no one in their right mind would sell a genuine example of this coin for $27, or even $270, in this condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can check for known fakes by going to these two resources:</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/thumbnails.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/thumbnails.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/thumbnails.php</a></p><p><a href="http://forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://forgerynetwork.com/default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, Warren Esty, one of our fellow CT members, maintains a fairly up-to-date list of known eBay sellers of fakes coins. Get into the habit of checking this list when buying coins off eBay:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/fakesellers.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/fakesellers.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/fakesellers.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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