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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3096292, member: 19463&quot;]What I said and what I believe is that people who are not comfortable with all the possible problems that come with expensive coins really should be doubly sure to but from a full service, full knowledge seller.&nbsp; That does not mean from a dealer who just says he will refund your money if <i>you</i> show it is fake but someone who is not making an assumption when they say they think the coin is good.&nbsp; If you are worried about the coin, send it to Sear or NGC.&nbsp; You don&#039;t post it on Coin Talk and ask opinions of those who know less about it than you or I do.&nbsp; These coins are not made real or fake by popular vote.&nbsp; They are not genuine until proven fake.&nbsp; In my life, I have owned one Scantilla sestertius. It had three letters and rough surfaces.&nbsp; I bought it from a junk box for 50 cents in the mid 1960&#039;s and sold it with about 150 coins for $500 in 1974.&nbsp; This does <i>not</i> qualify me to diagnose such coins with meaningful accuracy.&nbsp; I do know that it is harder to find Juno reverse Domna sestertii than some of her reverses.&nbsp; Is this because they are rare or because it would be too easy to make my coin into a Scantilla?&nbsp;&nbsp; Collect smart.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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