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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3359593, member: 56859&quot;]It is your right, Bert, but in addition to the social aspects of enjoying our hobby, another valuable role of CoinTalk is education and prevention of the spread of misinformation.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the inexpert opinions offered in this thread were based on pictures.&nbsp; Barry&#039;s opinion was based on <i>in-hand examination</i> of nearly two dozen of this particular series of modern forgeries.&nbsp; In case you don&#039;t know Barry Murphy, he has decades of experience in the world of ancient coins-- from CNG cataloger to dealer and now to one of the two principals at NGC Ancients.&nbsp; His job is to know ancient coins and modern forgeries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note also the emails he shared in this matter-- Victor England, former owner of CNG, trusted Barry&#039;s opinion about these forgeries.</p><p><br /></p><p>To restate the facts for anyone who later comes across this thread and doesn&#039;t read every post, the coin shown in the original post is <b>without a doubt a modern fake</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the information, Barry.&nbsp; This has been a very interesting thread![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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