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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WuntBeDruv, post: 25218420, member: 115520&quot;]So, what were their reasons for condemning the coin? I take a very poor view of individuals and &#039;institutions&#039; which proclaim something as not authentic without exhaustively showing their working. It has slightly rough surfaces but there is nothing I can see which would indicate a cast, at least not from Roma&#039;s photos. Have they provided parallels to back up their claim? Do features on the coin correspond to those connected with a particular known forger&#039;s work? Did they XRF the coin and find modern elements which would not be present in contemporary metal?</p><p><br /></p><p>If they haven&#039;t bothered to furnish you with any of the above beyond &#039;because we say so&#039;, one avenue I think you should explore is looking for die-links. If you can find coins obviously struck from the same set of dies (or either rev/obv dies) that might assist you in making the case that the coin is actually fine. Either that, or tranches of other examples are also fake!</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember - NGC are fallible too and do make errors of judgement (as seen by myself first hand with acres of mis-attributed coins in slabs). They are not judge, jury and executioner. Any company which styles itself as &#039;the&#039; last word in providing authenticity is setting itself up for a big fall.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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