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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Napata, post: 2942519, member: 76197&quot;]For Judean (YHD/Yehud) coins, there are other means to self-authenticate that </p><p>they are the real thing. For instance, I use the excellent compiling work of</p><p>Jean-Philipe Fontanille named <b>Menorah Coin Project</b> to match a recent lot to </p><p>one of those listed in the past.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the two Judean coins above, I did check beforehand and found out exact</p><p>matches, which prompted me to &quot;pounce&quot; on these lots. </p><p><br /></p><p>From <a href="http://www.menorahcoinproject.org/yhd-16.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.menorahcoinproject.org/yhd-16.htm" rel="nofollow">YHD-16 class</a>, here are the two matches found to my first coins:</p><p><img src="http://www.menorahcoinproject.org/images/H429/H429%20Hendin%202008%20No%2011559.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.menorahcoinproject.org/images/H429/H429%20Hendin%20List%2060%20No%201.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Both originally came from David Hendin himself; he is one of the leading</p><p>experts in Biblical coins (if not the leader) in the world and legally eked </p><p>out these coins with permission from Israel government. Then, it was </p><p>listed by Mr. Fontanille himself, being another leading expert in Biblical </p><p>numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lovely thing with the second coin is I obtained it for a fraction of the </p><p>$350. Real deal and a good deal altogether.</p><p><br /></p><p>Indeed, these silver coins are so crude in appearance that they look straight</p><p>from a Bulgarian garage. I think the fact that these coins are not really part of </p><p>the numismatic mainstream helps a little. It is not as rampant compared</p><p>to Roman coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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