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<p>[QUOTE="arnoldoe, post: 2133179, member: 72712"]I'm not too great at telling fakes but.....</p><p>i looked at it on ebay and</p><p>14.8g (18g in original listing?) either way -- to heavy for a Philip II</p><p>27mm-- too wide for a Philip II</p><p>he sold it on April 6th but then re listed it, i guess whoever bought it originally didn't want it</p><p>-- on the original listing he listed it as a replica</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it's supposed to be a "Le Rider 491" here is one that sold on CNG</p><p><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=230768" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=230768" rel="nofollow">http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=230768</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Looked at it again and some other things to add style, especially on the reverse seems off, the legs of the rider never drop that low in the center of the horse in other examples,</p><p>the rider is a small boy in the other examples</p><p>the horses upper back legs look weaker than other examples,[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="arnoldoe, post: 2133179, member: 72712"]I'm not too great at telling fakes but..... i looked at it on ebay and 14.8g (18g in original listing?) either way -- to heavy for a Philip II 27mm-- too wide for a Philip II he sold it on April 6th but then re listed it, i guess whoever bought it originally didn't want it -- on the original listing he listed it as a replica I think it's supposed to be a "Le Rider 491" here is one that sold on CNG [url]http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=230768[/url] Looked at it again and some other things to add style, especially on the reverse seems off, the legs of the rider never drop that low in the center of the horse in other examples, the rider is a small boy in the other examples the horses upper back legs look weaker than other examples,[/QUOTE]
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