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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2176408, member: 39084&quot;]I tend to agree with this assessment of this collection (it&#039;s really a mischaracterization to call it a &quot;lot&quot;), but there are a couple of basic questions to which the answer would be very helpful in determining whether most or all of the coins are authentic:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Was the collection purchased from a reputable dealer or auction house?</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Was the purchase price commensurate with the apparent value of the collection as a whole?</p><p><br /></p><p>The value of this collection, if authentic, is clearly well into the thousands of dollars.&nbsp; If it were purchased for, say, $800, I would be extremely suspicious of the authenticity of many or most of the coins.&nbsp; On the other hand, if its purchase price were $5,000 from a reputable source, then I would be very comfortable with the authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Note that I&#039;m not asking to have the purchase price revealed, just that the OP assesses what he paid relative to the value.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, to my eye, the 12 Caesars coins appear to be genuine insofar as I can see sufficient detail on them.&nbsp; This isn&#039;t definitive, of course, but nothing that I see here is screaming &quot;I&#039;m a fake!&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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