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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2134224, member: 19463&quot;]We always have trouble with the question of why we think something.&nbsp; I believe this is a lot like asking one of us to describe our signature.&nbsp; I certainly could say things like, &quot;It starts with a big D&quot; but that accomplishes nothing since there is a big difference between a collection of the right letters and my signature.&nbsp; The best I can do is look and say whether that set of squiggles reminds me of my signature or not.&nbsp; Your coin did not make me want to accept it but that does not mean that I could even specify which squiggle was not what I was expecting.&nbsp; Developing a feel for such things requires experiencing thousands of my signatures or being well trained in the mechanics of handwriting.&nbsp; I only have the first.&nbsp; I have experienced thousands of ancient coins but only a few dozen coins of this type.&nbsp; That means my gut feeling is not something to be taken as infallible.&nbsp; Our collective experience here is not even certain.&nbsp; The best we can do is to compare our experience with fakes and our experience with genuine coins. My personal take on the coin was something in the 95% likely to be fake region.&nbsp; The group of us might push that to 99%.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would be absolutely flabbergasted if anyone whose opinion I previously respected came to the defense of the coin.&nbsp; At this point, the only question that remains to me is whether the seller will refund.&nbsp; I&#039;m not 100% confident on that one either.&nbsp; Keep us posted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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