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<p>[QUOTE="JSermarini, post: 3577724, member: 1171"]I have been very paranoid when it comes to Tribute Pennies. Over the years I have seen some darn good fake Tribute Pennies (and dozens of obvious ones). Over the years I also accumulated about a half dozen Tribute Pennies that I could not either condemn or authenticate. I sent them to CNG and they all came back genuine. I will be a little less paranoid in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>It helps when you understand the varieties. Some fakes from modern dies don't fit any of the known six groups. This page really helps:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Tribute%20penny" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Tribute%20penny" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Tribute penny</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course some engravers are smart enough to get the details right. Few, however, get the style right. But the details and style won't betray a cast fake made from a genuine coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Andreas2 your coin appears to be a group 4. Struck from c. 18 -35 A.D., the most common group. I don't see anything suspicious about it, but you just cannot authenticate these from photos. Many cast denarii look fine in photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sallent Your coin appears to be a group 3 type, which is the rarest. Only about 2% of Tribute Pennies are group 3. There really isn't a big price premium for that, but I do bump up the group 3 a little. Group 3 is dated 18 B.C., which means it was struck early enough to actually be the Tribute Penny.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JSermarini, post: 3577724, member: 1171"]I have been very paranoid when it comes to Tribute Pennies. Over the years I have seen some darn good fake Tribute Pennies (and dozens of obvious ones). Over the years I also accumulated about a half dozen Tribute Pennies that I could not either condemn or authenticate. I sent them to CNG and they all came back genuine. I will be a little less paranoid in the future. It helps when you understand the varieties. Some fakes from modern dies don't fit any of the known six groups. This page really helps: [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Tribute%20penny']http://www.forumancientcoins.com/NumisWiki/view.asp?key=Tribute penny[/URL] Of course some engravers are smart enough to get the details right. Few, however, get the style right. But the details and style won't betray a cast fake made from a genuine coin. Andreas2 your coin appears to be a group 4. Struck from c. 18 -35 A.D., the most common group. I don't see anything suspicious about it, but you just cannot authenticate these from photos. Many cast denarii look fine in photos. Sallent Your coin appears to be a group 3 type, which is the rarest. Only about 2% of Tribute Pennies are group 3. There really isn't a big price premium for that, but I do bump up the group 3 a little. Group 3 is dated 18 B.C., which means it was struck early enough to actually be the Tribute Penny.[/QUOTE]
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