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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 909697, member: 19463"]<a href="http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/coinindia/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=884" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/coinindia/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=884" rel="nofollow">http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/coinindia/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=884</a></p><p> </p><p>I'm really going out on a limb here and saying that the little one may be like the above BUT note that this seller is less than certain of his ID and I am less than certain that it is the same coin. On the other hand, this is closer than anything else I've seen so I'd be willing to guess that the correct answer is not too far from here. Also note that the average condition of these late Kushan coins is pretty awful so your coin is not all that bad in comparison if it is one of these. I suppose a really clear one would be worth a lot more but being too good looking would make us guess that the coin was a fake. </p><p> </p><p>I hope you decide to keep the at least the two real ones as mementos of how you came to get them. The others (fakes) would probably sell for more because people want to believe in fairies and will find someone they can sell them to as genuine. If you sell them as fakes we could see them here again a couple owners down the road from someone who thinks they got a deal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 909697, member: 19463"][URL]http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/coinindia/store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=884[/URL] I'm really going out on a limb here and saying that the little one may be like the above BUT note that this seller is less than certain of his ID and I am less than certain that it is the same coin. On the other hand, this is closer than anything else I've seen so I'd be willing to guess that the correct answer is not too far from here. Also note that the average condition of these late Kushan coins is pretty awful so your coin is not all that bad in comparison if it is one of these. I suppose a really clear one would be worth a lot more but being too good looking would make us guess that the coin was a fake. I hope you decide to keep the at least the two real ones as mementos of how you came to get them. The others (fakes) would probably sell for more because people want to believe in fairies and will find someone they can sell them to as genuine. If you sell them as fakes we could see them here again a couple owners down the road from someone who thinks they got a deal.[/QUOTE]
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