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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2686523, member: 19463"]If I got that statement from a so-called professional, I would write them off as not worth further consideration. All sestertii of Pertinax are from the Rome mint. The statement is blowing smoke. </p><p>I would be interested in hearing what CNG has to say about this. At the very least it casts a reasonable doubt on the coin they sold. I looked it up on their site half expecting to find the coin had since been withdrawn. It had not. </p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=274987" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=274987" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=274987</a></p><p> I suppose it is not their place to expertise the coin that they did not sell but I have to wonder if they would be willing now to accept your coin to sell on consignment. It would also be helpful to know if the coin they sold in 2014 still exists as it is shown. It is possible that the CNG coin was polished up by the buyer and resold, eventually, to you. While I do not see the coins are being the same specimen, this would be an explanation allowing it/both to be genuine. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the seller is not willing to accept the return of the coin, I would submit it for a Sear certificate or for NGC slabbing explaining in advance to them that the CNG coin exists. From Sear, I would pay the extra $10 for the 'detailed' certificate and specify I wanted his comment on the matter of the CNG coin. I don't know if he would do one like that but you can ask. </p><p><br /></p><p>If both Sear and CNG were willing to go to bat for the authenticity of your coin, I'd sell it to whichever one of them was willing to buy it. Whatever expert opinion I got on the coin, I would not feel right selling the coin to anyone other than the expert willing to put his money where his mouth is. Meanwhile, I would not buy another coin from the seller under any circumstances. He may be right, I am not in a position to be certain, but there are plenty of sources for coins without playing me for a fool by dipping to his statement. The question is not whether the coin is of Rome mint style but whether it was made closer to 200 AD than to 2000. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please keep us posted on future developments from this point.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2686523, member: 19463"]If I got that statement from a so-called professional, I would write them off as not worth further consideration. All sestertii of Pertinax are from the Rome mint. The statement is blowing smoke. I would be interested in hearing what CNG has to say about this. At the very least it casts a reasonable doubt on the coin they sold. I looked it up on their site half expecting to find the coin had since been withdrawn. It had not. [url]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=274987[/url] I suppose it is not their place to expertise the coin that they did not sell but I have to wonder if they would be willing now to accept your coin to sell on consignment. It would also be helpful to know if the coin they sold in 2014 still exists as it is shown. It is possible that the CNG coin was polished up by the buyer and resold, eventually, to you. While I do not see the coins are being the same specimen, this would be an explanation allowing it/both to be genuine. If the seller is not willing to accept the return of the coin, I would submit it for a Sear certificate or for NGC slabbing explaining in advance to them that the CNG coin exists. From Sear, I would pay the extra $10 for the 'detailed' certificate and specify I wanted his comment on the matter of the CNG coin. I don't know if he would do one like that but you can ask. If both Sear and CNG were willing to go to bat for the authenticity of your coin, I'd sell it to whichever one of them was willing to buy it. Whatever expert opinion I got on the coin, I would not feel right selling the coin to anyone other than the expert willing to put his money where his mouth is. Meanwhile, I would not buy another coin from the seller under any circumstances. He may be right, I am not in a position to be certain, but there are plenty of sources for coins without playing me for a fool by dipping to his statement. The question is not whether the coin is of Rome mint style but whether it was made closer to 200 AD than to 2000. Please keep us posted on future developments from this point.[/QUOTE]
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